From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart diane@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:03:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [108.51.134.87] (account diane@cni.org HELO cnidianmbproi73.fios-router.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 37151606 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:30:45 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B9B6398D-3006-4362-936A-AB800912A995" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.14\)) Subject: Call for Proposals, CNI Fall '20 Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: <82DA7D3D-4DBC-4D3E-9E8B-3CAFDEA1EED0@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:30:32 -0400 X-Original-To: "CNI Announce CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.14) --Apple-Mail=_B9B6398D-3006-4362-936A-AB800912A995 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be presented = during CNI's Fall 2020 Membership Meeting = (virtual). The meeting will take = place online Nov. 10-Dec. 15, 2020. Anyone may propose a project = briefing, including groups/individuals from non-member institutions and = organizations. Project briefings are typically live, 30-minute or one-hour sessions = that focus on a discussion of a timely topic, or on a specific = institutional/organizational project related to digital information; = they can also explore parallel developments across institutions. We are = also accepting proposals for shorter, pre-recorded presentations. A = limited number of project briefings will be accepted. Four weeks will be devoted to project briefings: three weeks based on = the three major themes of CNI's Program Plan = (https://www.cni.org/program), and the final week devoted to emerging = issues and developments related to the current crisis. While there may = be some overlap among themes, we ask presenters to choose what they = believe to be the best fit for their proposal; conference organizers may = request or suggest a different theme. A few presenters may be contacted = in advance and invited to participate in a Monday summary session; = participation is optional. We aim to notify presenters within one week = of submission deadlines. Once accepted, presenters will have an = opportunity to sign up for an available slot during the relevant week on = a first-come basis.=20 Project briefing schedule is as follows: Week 1: Developing and Managing Networked Information Content Proposals due Oct. 19 CNI has broad interests across all forms of digital content that can be = used to support research and education. Some examples of potential = topics within this theme would be strategies for the creation, = management, presentation, accessibility, and preservation of digital = collections, digital libraries, and federated services in support of = digital content, or the reassessment of content and collections in light = of current developments in diversity, inclusion and equity. Digital = scholarship, institutional repositories, and digital preservation are = popular issues in this area. Schedule Nov. 10 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST =E2=80=93 Project Briefings Nov. 11 - Veterans Day (no sessions) Nov. 12-13 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST =E2=80=93 Project Briefings Nov. 16 =E2=80=93 4:00-5:00pm EST - Summary Session Week 2: Transforming Organizations, Professions, and Individuals Proposals due Oct. 21 CNI seeks to highlight and promote organizational initiatives that = facilitate cooperation across institutional units and professional = cultures, particularly with respect to collaboration between librarians, = information technologists, and other key players within the research and = education ecosystem (offices of research, faculty, publishers, and = instructional designers and technologists, for example). Currently, = particular areas of focus within this theme include career paths and = professionalization of roles for those who support data-intensive = research, organizational structures to support digital scholarship, the = acquisition and creation of instructional materials, and responding to = and advancing changing scholarly research practices. Schedule Nov. 17-20 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST =E2=80=93 Project Briefings Nov. 23 =E2=80=93 4:00-5:00pm EST - Summary Session **=E2=80=94Nov. 24-30 - Thanksgiving Break (no sessions)=E2=80=94** Week 3: Building Technology, Standards, and Infrastructure Proposals due Oct. 23 This area of CNI's focus comprises the key areas of standards and = infrastructure development. Other examples of topics within this theme = would include identifiers, digital books, metadata, distributed and = federated network services, harvesting, recommender systems, = personalization and other emerging technologies. Issues surrounding = security and privacy would also fall under this theme. Schedule Dec. 1-4 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project Briefings Dec. 7 =E2=80=93 4:00-5:00pm EST - Summary Session Week 4: Emerging Issues and Developments Related to the Current Crisis Proposals due Oct. 26 We will use the fourth week of our meeting to focus on challenges and = strategies that have emerged or grown increasingly acute in recent = months. Here we anticipate focus primarily to be on the impact of = covid-19 on campuses, instructional and research resilience, = implications of coming disruptions such as climate change, or responses = to other societal developments although we welcome proposals on other = themes relevant to CNI's program that have taken on particular urgency = of late. Schedule Dec. 8-9 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project Briefings Dec. 10 =E2=80=93 1:00-3:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project Briefings=20 Dec. 11 - no sessions NB: There will be no summary session for this week. Proposals may be submitted via online form: https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2020/project-briefing-proposals-f20 More information, including the complete event schedule-at-a-glance, is = at https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2020. Follow the meeting: #cni20f = -Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to To postpone your subscription, E-mail to To resume mail list message delivery from postpone mode, E-mail to = Send administrative queries to Visit the CNI-ANNOUNCE e-mail list archive at = . --Apple-Mail=_B9B6398D-3006-4362-936A-AB800912A995 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Proposals are now being accepted for project briefings to be = presented during CNI's Fall 2020 Membership Meeting (virtual). The meeting = will take place online Nov. 10-Dec. 15, 2020. Anyone may = propose a project briefing, including groups/individuals from non-member = institutions and organizations.

Project briefings are = typically live, 30-minute or one-hour sessions that focus on a = discussion of a timely topic, or on a specific = institutional/organizational project related to digital information; = they can also explore parallel developments across institutions. We are = also accepting proposals for shorter, pre-recorded presentations. A limited number of project briefings will be = accepted.

Four weeks will be devoted to project briefings: three weeks = based on the three major themes of CNI's Program Plan (https://www.cni.org/program), and the final week devoted = to emerging issues and developments related to the current crisis. While = there may be some overlap among themes, we ask presenters to choose what = they believe to be the best fit for their proposal; conference = organizers may request or suggest a different theme. A few presenters = may be contacted in advance and invited to participate in a Monday = summary session; participation is optional. We aim to notify presenters = within one week of submission deadlines. Once accepted, presenters will = have an opportunity to sign up for an available slot during the relevant = week on a first-come basis. 

Project briefing = schedule is as follows:

Week 1: Developing and Managing Networked = Information Content
Proposals due Oct. 19
CNI has = broad interests across all forms of digital content that can be used to = support research and education. Some examples of potential topics within = this theme would be strategies for the creation, management, = presentation, accessibility, and preservation of digital collections, = digital libraries, and federated services in support of digital content, = or the reassessment of content and collections in light of current = developments in diversity, inclusion and equity. Digital scholarship, = institutional repositories, and digital preservation are popular issues = in this area.
Schedule
Nov. 10 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST =E2=80=93 Project = Briefings
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day (no = sessions)
Nov. 12-13 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST = =E2=80=93 Project Briefings
Nov. 16 =E2=80=93 = 4:00-5:00pm EST - Summary Session

Week 2: Transforming = Organizations, Professions, and Individuals
Proposals due Oct. 21
CNI seeks to highlight and promote organizational initiatives = that facilitate cooperation across institutional units and professional = cultures, particularly with respect to collaboration between librarians, = information technologists, and other key players within the research and = education ecosystem (offices of research, faculty, publishers, and = instructional designers and technologists, for example). Currently, = particular areas of focus within this theme include career paths and = professionalization of roles for those who support data-intensive = research, organizational structures to support digital scholarship, the = acquisition and creation of instructional materials, and responding to = and advancing changing scholarly research practices.
Schedule
Nov. 17-20 = =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST =E2=80=93 Project Briefings
Nov. 23 =E2=80=93 4:00-5:00pm EST - Summary Session

**=E2=80=94Nov. 24-30 - = Thanksgiving Break (no sessions)=E2=80=94**

Week 3: = Building Technology, Standards, and Infrastructure
Proposals due Oct. = 23
This area of CNI's focus comprises the = key areas of standards and infrastructure development. Other examples of = topics within this theme would include identifiers, digital books, = metadata, distributed and federated network services, harvesting, = recommender systems, personalization and other emerging technologies. = Issues surrounding security and privacy would also fall under this = theme.
Schedule
Dec. 1-4 =E2=80=93 1:00-5:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project = Briefings
Dec. 7 =E2=80=93 4:00-5:00pm EST - = Summary Session

Week 4: Emerging Issues and Developments = Related to the Current Crisis
Proposals due Oct. 26
We will = use the fourth week of our meeting to focus on challenges and strategies = that have emerged or grown increasingly acute in recent months. Here we = anticipate focus primarily to be on the impact of covid-19 on campuses, = instructional and research resilience, implications of coming = disruptions such as climate change, or responses to other societal = developments although we welcome proposals on other themes relevant to = CNI's program that have taken on particular urgency of late.
Schedule
Dec. 8-9 =E2=80= =93 1:00-5:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project Briefings
Dec. = 10 =E2=80=93 1:00-3:00pm EST=E2=80=93 Project Briefings 
Dec. 11 - no sessions
NB: There will be no summary session for this = week.

Proposals = may be submitted via online form:
https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2020/project-briefing-proposals-f20=

More = information, including the complete event = schedule-at-a-glance, is at https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2020.
Follow the meeting: #cni20f

-Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI

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