From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:01:30 -0500 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 37718595 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:40:15 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E1FC818E-D951-4311-B467-087C964D9893" Reply-To: "diane@cni.org" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.17\)) Subject: Roadmap for the Spring '21 CNI Member Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: <2D0C36FC-525E-4266-9D09-5F0805E5702E@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 20:40:12 -0500 X-Original-To: "CNI Announce CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.17) --Apple-Mail=_E1FC818E-D951-4311-B467-087C964D9893 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Meeting Roadmap A Guide to the Spring 2021 Coalition for Networked Information = Membership Meeting The Spring 2021 CNI Virtual Membership Meeting = , to be held online March 15-26, = offers a wide range of presentations that advance and report on CNI's = programs, showcase projects underway at member institutions, and = highlight important national and international developments. Here is the = "roadmap" to the meeting, which includes both plenary events and an = extensive series of live and on-demand breakout sessions focusing on = current issues in digital information. We decided to return to our = traditional (pre-pandemic) meeting roadmap for this virtual event to = provide some context and additional information about the program, = particularly because of the pre-recorded briefings. We hope you will = find it helpful as you navigate and prioritize the meeting=E2=80=99s = extensive offerings. As always, we have strived to present sessions that = reflect late-breaking developments and also take advantage of the online = environment. Over the past year, we have spent a good deal of time exploring the most = useful formats for our virtual meetings, as these have evolved alongside = the realities of Zoom fatigue, a seemingly never-ending and enticing = supply of online event offerings, and the very heavy demands on = people=E2=80=99s time and attention. We are grateful for the generous = feedback and suggestions from members and attendees from our previous = virtual meetings. Based on our judgment of this particular window in = time and experience, for the spring 2021 meeting, only a small number of = project briefings will take place live, and they will be held on March = 15-19. The vast majority of project briefings will be pre-recorded, = available on-demand throughout the meeting, to be explored at your = leisure. We have left two days within the meeting timeframe entirely = unscheduled, March 22-23, to provide you with an opportunity to explore = the on-demand sessions, if convenient. In addition, for this meeting, we = offer an expanded line-up of plenary sessions on topics we feel are = particularly timely and/or strategic for the community as a whole; these = will be live as well, to take place March 24-26. Unless the presenters = have requested otherwise, all sessions will be recorded and subsequently = available to the public; this includes the pre-recorded sessions.=20 The CNI meeting program is subject to last minute changes and you can = find the most current information, including schedule details, on the = meeting Sched, https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/. Registered attendees = will have access to full information about the program and links to live = Zoom sessions and on-demand videos only through their Sched account. A = Sched account will also enable you to create a personalized schedule of = the live sessions you want to attend and receive reminders specific to = those sessions. All registered attendees should have received an email = invitation to the meeting Sched containing login instructions. If you = have not received an invitation from Sched, or if you have questions = about its use, please contact Beth Secrist (beth@cni.org). For = registration inquiries, please contact Jackie Eudell (jackie@cni.org). The Plenary Sessions We have several wonderful plenary sessions lined up, all tied very = closely to the ongoing programmatic interests of CNI and its members: =E2=80=A2 Welcome to Spring 2021 Member Meeting Plenary Days: = Summary of the Spring 2021 Executive Roundtable =E2=80=9CPost-Pandemic = Strategic Planning Challenges and Approaches=E2=80=9D Clifford Lynch, CNI I=E2=80=99ll provide a preliminary summary and synthesis of what I heard = at the Executive Roundtables during the preceding week, in advance of = preparing the formal report. I=E2=80=99m hoping this will be a useful = context for the remainder of the plenary days.=20 =E2=80=A2 Remote Access to Archives and Special Collections and = the Sourcery Project Dan Cohen (Northeastern), Greg Colati & Tom Scheinfeldt (U. = Connecticut), Barbara Rockenbach (Yale) I=E2=80=99ll moderate this panel, which will try to summarize and extend = some very fruitful and provocative conversations arising from the = Sourcery project and discussions about the broader issues of remote = access to archives and special collections. This has enormous = implications for resource allocation and service design, and also for = scholarly work and research continuity and resilience. If you did not = see the presentation from the December 2020 meeting on Sourcery, you = might wish to review it as background for this session: = https://www.cni.org/topics/special-collections/sourcery-remote-access-to-a= rchives-during-the-pandemic. =E2=80=A2 The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) BIG Collection and = its Implications Krisellen Maloney (Rutgers), Joseph Salem (Michigan State), Claire = Stewart (U. Nebraska-Lincoln), John Wilkin (UIUC), Maurice York (BTAA) This panel will focus on prospective implications for the BIG = collection, particularly as they involve electronic resource licensing = and transformative agreements with publishers. I will serve as = moderator. In preparation for this discussion, we invite you to watch = the background on-demand video, prepared by BTAA Executive Director = Maurice York, about the BIG Collection initiative. =E2=80=A2 Evolving Roles of Chief Information Security Officers = (CISOs) and Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs) in the University Environment Brian Kelly (EDUCAUSE), Kent Wada (UCLA), Cheryl Washington (UC Davis) This session, which I will also moderate, will explore the evolving = roles of CISOs and CPOs, and the ways in which these relate to the work = of libraries, both in negotiating contracts with publishers that hold = reader privacy in the balance, and also in the broader emerging role of = libraries as privacy advocates and educators within university = communities. =E2=80=A2 Collaborating with the Carpentries Kari L. Jordan, Executive Director, The Carpentries I=E2=80=99m thrilled that Kari has agreed to join us to explore = opportunities for the higher education community (and particularly = research computing and libraries) to collaborate with and support The = Carpentries (https://carpentries.org/) in expanding and democratizing = new skills, most notably in the areas of computational tools, research = data management, and data science, that are needed to support and = conduct so much research today and into the future. Our members report = that since the move to virtual operations at our institutions, demand = for training in these skills and competencies, already strong, has = skyrocketed, highlighting the importance of such collaborations. Please = join us for this important conversation.=20 =E2=80=A2 CLIR Fellows Panel Portia Hopkins (Rice), Luling Huang (Carnegie Mellon U.), Jennifer Ross = (U. Toronto), Synatra Smith (Philadelphia Museum of Art/Temple U.) CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows work on projects that forge and strengthen = connections among collections, educational and information technologies, = and current research and scholarship, and are a key source of future = leaders for our community and beyond. CNI has historically enjoyed a = close and fruitful relationship with this program. The pandemic-driven = move to virtual meetings has jeopardized this historical engagement = between the CNI community and the most recent cadres of CLIR Fellows. = These panels are CNI=E2=80=99s effort to address this challenge. We = hosted the first CLIR Fellows Panel at the fall meeting in December, and = now I invite you to meet another outstanding cadre of Fellows as they = describe their work and share their perspectives on the current = landscape. =E2=80=A2 Meeting Close (10-15 minutes; not recorded) Clifford Lynch, CNI A quick summary of the spring meeting and a look ahead at CNI activities = in the coming months. Please join me in conversation with this wonderful line-up of speakers, = and I hope you will bring questions and comments to share. You can find = more information about the sessions and the speakers from the plenary = pages on the meeting Sched = . Highlighted Breakout Sessions I will not attempt to comprehensively summarize the wealth of breakout = sessions here; we offer a great abundance and diversity of material. I = do want to note, however, some sessions that have particularly strong = connections to CNI=E2=80=99s program, as well as a number of other = sessions of special interest or importance, and to provide some = additional context that may be helpful. We=E2=80=99ve requested that = presenters share their slide-decks with us, to put on our website = following the meeting, and we expect to make recordings of the vast = majority of project briefings and plenaries publicly available on our = YouTube and Vimeo channels after the meeting; we hope you will share = these resources widely with your communities. Teaching and learning are core activities for our community. Kari = Jordan=E2=80=99s plenary on the work of The Carpentries will speak = directly to one major aspect of this challenge: the need to help = students (and indeed faculty) gain the range of skills that are = currently needed to be an effective researcher today and into the = future, and I was really pleased that we received a number of wonderful = proposals about projects and programs that will help advance and enhance = educational opportunities and experiences for students, researchers, and = staff. These are the live sessions we will feature addressing teaching = and learning themes: =E2=80=A2 The Virtual Copyright Education Center is a new, = large-scale effort to assist professionals working in libraries and = cultural heritage institutions gain the knowledge to evaluate and = address a range of key copyright matters. =E2=80=A2 The Komodo platform, a free, open source, browser-based = virtual reality (VR) tool that enables instructors to create teaching = and learning modules, was developed by the Grainger Engineering Library = Information Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to = address some of the barriers that limit broader adoption of VR for = instruction, including cost, restrictive licensing, and privacy issues.=20= =E2=80=A2 Much of the CNI community will already know of the = essential work that Hypothesis has led in developing web annotation = standards and tools. One of the most interesting =E2=80=93 and = potentially very high impact =E2=80=93 recent applications of this = technology base has been the effort to apply it to support classes and = pedagogy emphasizing close and collaborative reading and social = learning. We=E2=80=99re delighted to welcome a panel to discuss these = developments. Assessment projects can generate important data to evaluate the various = areas in which our community is engaged; bibliometrics, research impact, = usage data, and measuring student success will all be explored during = this meeting. A live session will include a panel of speakers discussing = the Connecting Libraries and Learning Analytics for Student Success = (CLLASS) project to develop models for library inclusion in = institutional learning analytics, among other goals; they will focus on = the addition of a library profile to the IMS Caliper specification. Some = additional, on-demand briefings will address additional aspects of = assessment: =E2=80=A2 We will be introduced to the Open Access eBook Usage = Data Trust, a global data trust for usage data on open access = monographs. =E2=80=A2 Two university libraries (Waterloo and Illinois at = Urbana-Champaign) will report on how they are partnering with campus = administrators, departments, and other groups on providing bibliometric = and research impact services and metrics. Note that there will be two = videos available on this topic, one from each university=E2=80=99s team; = the Waterloo presentation will be a follow-up to a briefing given in = December, at our fall 2020 meeting. =E2=80=A2 The University of Missouri is working on a project to = automate the collection of article data from multiple sources, and then = combine it, in order to analyze it and better understand author = publication activity. A cluster of briefings will focus on various issues pertaining to = publishing, and a live session will feature Greg Eow of the Center for = Research Libraries (CRL), Maurice York of the Big Ten Academic Alliance = (BTAA), and Sara Rouhi of the Public Library of Science (PLOS) exploring = the growth and changing nature of agreements between libraries and = mission-driven publishers despite budgetary pressures. On-demand = briefings related to publishing include: =E2=80=A2 A presentation from the Knowledge Futures Group on = alternatives to dominant commercial journal publishing models, = especially in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the increasing reliance = of preprints, and pressure for shorter review times. =E2=80=A2 =46rom the University of Minnesota Libraries, a look at = how their Publishing Services program has cultivated partnerships and = projects that have allowed the library to provide scholars with open = access, inclusive, and non-traditional publishing opportunities. =E2=80=A2 The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) = will report on their vision of model that will enable the linking of = preprints and other resources with external services, with an initial = focus on peer review services. This is part of their broader work on = next generation repository services and networks.=20 Many sessions throughout the program will touch on issues related to = equity, diversity, inclusion & accessibility; here are a few examples of = on-demand briefings where these themes will be especially prominent: =E2=80=A2 James O=E2=80=99Donnell and Ann Okerson will describe = the work of the Offline Internet Consortium, and its focus on addressing = the implications of limited access to broadband throughout many parts of = the world. =E2=80=A2 It has been widely noted that we have little or no data = on various forms of diversity represented in the scholarly = communications system. Developing such data is highly complex and = nuanced. We=E2=80=99ll have a report from a team at Elsevier on their = work to address gender inequity in research by exploring schema options, = platform technology, data privacy policies, and transparency to finalize = a gender identity data collection plan. =E2=80=A2 The University of Pennsylvania has recently released the = Penn and Slavery Project application. This is a fascinating body of work = on multiple levels: it employs very interesting augmented reality = technology, it offers a case study in how institutions can engage with = their past actions, and it offers a study in how such initiatives can = incorporate =E2=80=9Cpower sharing=E2=80=9D arrangements to balance the = interests of various collaborating entities. =E2=80=A2 We will have a report from OCLC Research on how = libraries are working to further the United Nations Sustainable = Development Goals, in which librarians helped to shape the inclusion of = access to information. Various aspects of the Covid-related crisis will significantly impact = our work and our communities in the months and years ahead. The research = enterprise, especially with respect to research continuity and = resilience, is one important area to which we=E2=80=99ve devoted two = Roundtable series (links to reports from those discussions are here: = https://www.cni.org/tag/executive-roundtable-report), and we are = planning a third Roundtable on that topic later this year. Ithaka S+R = has also engaged in extensive thinking on this issue; at our December = 2020 meeting they provided an important plenary session on their = analysis of these challenges, and at the spring meeting they will = provide us with an on-demand update, discussing their latest brief on = research support in light of academic budgetary pressures. Note that the = (invitational) executive roundtables at this meeting will focus on key = post-covid planning assumptions, strategies and uncertainties, and = I=E2=80=99ll provide a rapid preliminary synthesis of what we heard on = these topics at the opening of the plenary days on March 24.=20 Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) and related strategies gained = widespread attention during the pandemic, when libraries had to shift = very quickly to find alternative methods for providing access to = materials that were suddenly inaccessible in their buildings. We feature = two sessions specifically devoted to this popular but controversial = lending strategy: =E2=80=A2 Live: A panel discussion with Chris Freeland of the = Internet Archive, Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures, Jill = Hurst-Wahl of Syracuse University, and Charlie Barlow of the Boston = Library Consortium on implementing CDL in libraries and library = consortia. =E2=80=A2 On-demand: =46rom the California Institute of = Technology, a discussion around making CDL a central component of = library services. Digital preservation, curation, and stewardship continue to be critical = topics at our meetings, and they figure prominently in CNI=E2=80=99s = agenda. I'm really pleased we can offer a number of on-demand sessions = dealing with aspects of these challenges: =E2=80=A2 Over the past few years, email preservation has become = an increasingly important part of archives and digital preservation = work. Practitioners from archives, libraries, and museums will discuss = current and future developments of email archiving in the context of the = Email Archiving: Building Capacity and Community (EA:BCC) re-grant = program. =E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99ll hear about a collaboration between the = Directory of Open Access Journals, CLOCKSS, the Internet Archive, the = Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network, and the ISSN = International Center/Keepers Registry to address the problem of = preserving at-risk open access journals. The group is establishing a = central hub where preservation agencies can harvest consistent metadata = and access full-text. Note that the Keepers Registry, an extremely = strategic part of the global preservation infrastructure that has been = covered in previous CNI presentations, has been moved to the ISSN = International Center. =E2=80=A2 The University of Pittsburgh Library System will discuss = how it has taken steps to centralize its digital assets across its = repositories, and the implementation of Preservica for preservation of = the data. =E2=80=A2 A report on a computer vision and graphical user = interface experiment at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries to = incorporate visual similarity search to help archivists and metadata = specialists search, de-duplicate, and describe a large institutional = photo archive. This is an important example of the ways in which new = technologies, many with roots in various forms of machine learning, = offer new approaches to special collections and archives.=20 =E2=80=A2 A team from Virginia Tech will share their experience = with adopting a serverless platform to manage digital objects and = preserve large-scale datasets. Issues related to special collections and digital scholarship will be = explored in several on-demand briefings: =E2=80=A2 A team from the University of Florida will provide an = update on the collaborative Celebrating Cuba project. =E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99ll learn about the latest migration of the = Voices of the Holocaust project, a collection of interviews conducted = with survivors in 1946. The last update, conducted in 2009, relied on = Adobe Flash technology, which has now become obsolete and is moving into = unsupported status. =E2=80=A2 A form of =E2=80=9Cpost-custodial=E2=80=9D digitization = sometimes called "digitize-and-return" or "scan-and-return," for = digitizing and then returning materials to donors who do not wish to = part with their items at present, will be discussed by a team from = Brigham Young University (BYU). In recent years, we=E2=80=99ve seen a = number of fascinating examples of this general strategy, including the = UCLA Modern Endangered Archives and the British Library=E2=80=99s = Endangered Archives program, as well as a range of community-based = archival stewardship programs, and it will be valuable to add BYU=E2=80=99= s experience to our growing understanding of best practices and = opportunities here.=20 =E2=80=A2 A project between the University of Toronto Libraries = and the Centre for Medieval Studies, The Book and the Silk Roads, to = build and support an international network of scholars, curators, = conservators, and scientists exploring developments in writing = technologies and reimagining the history of the premodern book. =E2=80=A2 We will hear about efforts to institutionalize scalable = digital scholarship support across the library organization at The Ohio = State University. Sessions relating to repositories will include the following on-demand = briefings: =E2=80=A2 Transitioning to the latest version of Fedora, the = popular repository platform. This has been a significant technical = challenge for many institutions.=20 =E2=80=A2 A team from the University of South Carolina will = discuss their decision-making process for choosing a repository platform = in light of current budgetary pressures. Sustainability is an ongoing challenge, and two live sessions will = address this issue as it relates to programs we=E2=80=99ve followed for = several years: =E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99ll hear about a new model for fiscal = sponsorship of the Samvera Community. =E2=80=A2 Members of the Data Curation Network (DCN) will discuss = sustainability planning efforts that would allow the organization to = transition away from the initial funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan = Foundation. I view the DCN as a vitally important part of the effort to = scale up research data curation in the US higher education community.=20 Other sessions will focus on privacy and identity management: A live = panel made up of representatives from the University of Nebraska, the = University System of Georgia, and Elsevier will discuss the feasibility = of federated authentication as the sole method of access to library = resources. On-demand briefings will include a presentation by the = legendary Ken Klingenstein of Internet2 to discuss new developments for = coping with the challenges of implementing federated identity at scale, = and a presentation from ORCID will present their new affiliation manager = tool for institutions. There is never a dearth of valuable and creative user services = initiatives shared at CNI, and this meeting will be no exception. = Several on-demand briefings will highlight new services: =E2=80=A2 The Social Feed Manager software developed by a team at = George Washington University Libraries to allow researchers to create = social media data collections, which has opened many new opportunities = for the library. =E2=80=A2 An update on the e-book borrowing app SimplyE, which = started in public library environments, is now being rolled out to = research libraries on a pilot basis through a collaboration involving = Columbia University and LYRASIS. SimplyE offers a very different way to = think about circulating e-books. This is potentially highly strategic, = and worth your attention if you aren=E2=80=99t already tracking it. =E2=80=A2 Data analytics and visualization services at = Pennsylvania State University. A perennial topic of interest at CNI is IT and library collaborations: = an on-demand discussion of effective strategies and models will include = library and technology leaders from New York University and the = University of Colorado at Boulder, moderated by Athenaeum21 Consulting. Finally, we=E2=80=99ll have an on-demand presentation from Peter = Kaufman, who=E2=80=99s currently working with the Knowledge Futures = Project, on his new book, The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free = Knowledge. I=E2=80=99ve known Peter a long time, and I=E2=80=99m really = delighted that he=E2=80=99s agreed to share highlights of this work. I = just got my copy of the book, and am now part-way through it; it=E2=80=99s= a very wide-ranging and important work that I think will be of great = interest for the CNI community.=20 I invite you to browse the complete list of breakout sessions and their = full abstracts on the meeting Sched: https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/ = (a complete list of on-demand briefings is available at = https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/info). In many cases you will find = pointers to reference material that you may find useful to explore prior = to the session, and after the meeting we will add material from the = actual presentations, including video recordings. You can also follow = the meeting via Twitter using the hashtag #cni21s. On behalf of the CNI team, I look forward to welcoming you to what = promises to be another extremely worthwhile meeting. I apologize for the = lack of a reception but this is the virtual world that we are forced to = live in at present. Please contact me (cliff@cni.org) or Diane = Goldenberg-Hart, CNI's Assistant Executive Director (diane@cni.org), if = we can provide you with any additional information on the meeting. Clifford Lynch Executive Director Coalition for Networked Information= --Apple-Mail=_E1FC818E-D951-4311-B467-087C964D9893 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Meeting Roadmap
A Guide to the Spring 2021 Coalition = for Networked Information Membership Meeting


The Spring 2021 CNI Virtual Membership Meeting, to be = held online March 15-26, offers a wide range of = presentations that advance and report on CNI's programs, showcase = projects underway at member institutions, and highlight important = national and international developments. Here is the "roadmap" to the = meeting, which includes both plenary events and an extensive series of = live and on-demand breakout sessions focusing on = current issues in digital information. We decided to return to our = traditional (pre-pandemic) meeting roadmap for this virtual event to = provide some context and additional information about the program, = particularly because of the pre-recorded briefings. We hope you will = find it helpful as you navigate and prioritize the meeting=E2=80=99s = extensive offerings. As always, we have strived to present sessions that = reflect late-breaking developments and also take advantage of the online = environment.

Over the past year, we have spent a good deal of time = exploring the most useful formats for our virtual meetings, as these = have evolved alongside the realities of Zoom fatigue, a seemingly = never-ending and enticing supply of online event offerings, and the very = heavy demands on people=E2=80=99s time and attention. We are grateful = for the generous feedback and suggestions from members and attendees = from our previous virtual meetings. Based on our judgment of this = particular window in time and experience, for the spring 2021 meeting, = only a small number of project briefings will take place live, and they = will be held on March 15-19. The vast majority of project = briefings will be pre-recorded, available on-demand throughout the = meeting, to be explored at your leisure. We have left two days = within the meeting timeframe entirely unscheduled, March 22-23, to = provide you with an opportunity to explore the on-demand sessions, if = convenient. In addition, for this meeting, we offer an expanded line-up = of plenary sessions on topics we feel are particularly timely and/or = strategic for the community as a whole; these will be live as well, to = take place March 24-26. Unless the presenters have requested otherwise, = all sessions will be recorded and subsequently available to the public; = this includes the pre-recorded sessions. 

The CNI meeting program is subject to = last minute changes and you can find the most current information, = including schedule details, on the meeting Sched, https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/. Registered= attendees will have access to full information about the program and = links to live Zoom sessions and on-demand videos only through their = Sched account. A Sched account will also enable you to create a = personalized schedule of the live sessions you want to attend and = receive reminders specific to those sessions. All registered attendees = should have received an email invitation to the meeting Sched containing = login instructions. If you have not received an invitation from Sched, = or if you have questions about its use, please contact Beth Secrist (beth@cni.org). For = registration inquiries, please contact Jackie Eudell (jackie@cni.org).


The Plenary = Sessions
We have several wonderful plenary = sessions lined up, all tied very closely to the ongoing programmatic = interests of CNI and its members:

=E2=80=A2 Welcome= to Spring 2021 Member Meeting Plenary Days: Summary of the Spring 2021 = Executive Roundtable =E2=80=9CPost-Pandemic Strategic Planning = Challenges and Approaches=E2=80=9D
Clifford Lynch, CNI
I=E2=80=99ll = provide a preliminary summary and synthesis of what I heard at the = Executive Roundtables during the preceding week, in advance of preparing = the formal report. I=E2=80=99m hoping this will be a useful context for = the remainder of the plenary days. 

=E2=80=A2 Remote = Access to Archives and Special Collections and the Sourcery = Project
Dan Cohen = (Northeastern), Greg Colati & Tom Scheinfeldt (U. Connecticut), = Barbara Rockenbach (Yale)
I=E2=80=99ll moderate = this panel, which will try to summarize and extend some very fruitful = and provocative conversations arising from the Sourcery project and = discussions about the broader issues of remote access to archives and = special collections. This has enormous implications for resource = allocation and service design, and also for scholarly work and research = continuity and resilience. If you did not see the presentation from the = December 2020 meeting on Sourcery, you might wish to review it as = background for this session: https://www.cni.org/topics/special-collections/sourcery-remote-= access-to-archives-during-the-pandemic.

=E2=80=A2 The = Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) BIG Collection and its = Implications
Krisellen = Maloney (Rutgers), Joseph Salem (Michigan State), Claire Stewart (U. = Nebraska-Lincoln), John Wilkin (UIUC), Maurice York (BTAA)
This panel will focus on prospective implications for the BIG = collection, particularly as they involve electronic resource licensing = and transformative agreements with publishers. I will serve as = moderator. In preparation for this discussion, we invite you to watch = the background on-demand video, prepared by BTAA Executive Director = Maurice York, about the BIG Collection initiative.

=E2=80=A2 Evolving Roles of Chief Information Security = Officers (CISOs) and Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs) in the University = Environment
Brian Kelly = (EDUCAUSE), Kent Wada (UCLA), Cheryl Washington (UC Davis)
This session, which I will also moderate, will explore the = evolving roles of CISOs and CPOs, and the ways in which these relate to = the work of libraries, both in negotiating contracts with publishers = that hold reader privacy in the balance, and also in the broader = emerging role of libraries as privacy advocates and educators within = university communities.

=E2=80=A2 Collaborating with the Carpentries
Kari L. Jordan, Executive Director, The = Carpentries
I=E2=80=99m thrilled that Kari has = agreed to join us to explore opportunities for the higher education = community (and particularly research computing and libraries) to = collaborate with and support The Carpentries (https://carpentries.org/)= in expanding and democratizing new skills, most notably in the areas of = computational tools, research data management, and data science, that = are needed to support and conduct so much research today and into the = future. Our members report that since the move to virtual operations at = our institutions, demand for training in these skills and competencies, = already strong, has skyrocketed, highlighting the importance of such = collaborations. Please join us for this important = conversation. 

=E2=80=A2 CLIR = Fellows Panel
Portia Hopkins = (Rice), Luling Huang (Carnegie Mellon U.), Jennifer Ross (U. Toronto), = Synatra Smith (Philadelphia Museum of Art/Temple U.)
CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows work on projects that forge and = strengthen connections among collections, educational and information = technologies, and current research and scholarship, and are a key source = of future leaders for our community and beyond. CNI has historically = enjoyed a close and fruitful relationship with this program. The = pandemic-driven move to virtual meetings has jeopardized this historical = engagement between the CNI community and the most recent cadres of CLIR = Fellows. These panels are CNI=E2=80=99s effort to address this = challenge. We hosted the first CLIR Fellows Panel at the fall meeting in = December, and now I invite you to meet another outstanding cadre of = Fellows as they describe their work and share their perspectives on the = current landscape.

=E2=80=A2 Meeting= Close (10-15 minutes; not recorded)
Clifford Lynch, CNI
A quick summary = of the spring meeting and a look ahead at CNI activities in the coming = months.

Please = join me in conversation with this wonderful line-up of speakers, and I = hope you will bring questions and comments to share. You can find more = information about the sessions and the speakers from the plenary pages on the meeting Sched.


Highlighted Breakout = Sessions
I will not attempt to = comprehensively summarize the wealth of breakout sessions here; we offer = a great abundance and diversity of material. I do want to note, however, = some sessions that have particularly strong connections to CNI=E2=80=99s = program, as well as a number of other sessions of special interest or = importance, and to provide some additional context that may be helpful. = We=E2=80=99ve requested that presenters share their slide-decks with us, = to put on our website following the meeting, and we expect to make = recordings of the vast majority of project briefings and plenaries = publicly available on our YouTube and Vimeo channels after the meeting; = we hope you will share these resources widely with your = communities.

Teaching and learning are core activities for our = community. Kari Jordan=E2=80=99s plenary on the work of The Carpentries = will speak directly to one major aspect of this challenge: the need to = help students (and indeed faculty) gain the range of skills that are = currently needed to be an effective researcher today and into the = future, and I was really pleased that we received a number of wonderful = proposals about projects and programs that will help advance and enhance = educational opportunities and experiences for students, researchers, and = staff. These are the live sessions we will feature = addressing teaching and learning themes:
=E2=80=A2 The = Virtual Copyright Education Center is a new, large-scale effort to = assist professionals working in libraries and cultural heritage = institutions gain the knowledge to evaluate and address a range of key = copyright matters.
=E2=80=A2 The = Komodo platform, a free, open source, browser-based virtual reality (VR) = tool that enables instructors to create teaching and learning modules, = was developed by the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center at = the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to address some of the = barriers that limit broader adoption of VR for instruction, including = cost, restrictive licensing, and privacy issues. 
=E2=80=A2 Much of the CNI community will = already know of the essential work that Hypothesis has led in developing = web annotation standards and tools. One of the most interesting =E2=80=93 = and potentially very high impact =E2=80=93 recent applications of this = technology base has been the effort to apply it to support classes and = pedagogy emphasizing close and collaborative reading and social = learning. We=E2=80=99re delighted to welcome a panel to discuss these = developments.

Assessment projects can generate important data to = evaluate the various areas in which our community is engaged; bibliometrics, research impact, usage data, and measuring student success will all be explored during = this meeting. A live session will include a panel of = speakers discussing the Connecting Libraries and Learning Analytics for = Student Success (CLLASS) project to develop models for library inclusion = in institutional learning analytics, among other = goals; they will focus on the addition of a library profile to the IMS = Caliper specification. Some additional, on-demand = briefings will address additional aspects of assessment:
=E2=80=A2 We will be introduced to the Open = Access eBook Usage Data Trust, a global data trust for usage data on = open access monographs.
=E2=80=A2 Two = university libraries (Waterloo and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) will = report on how they are partnering with campus administrators, = departments, and other groups on providing bibliometric and research = impact services and metrics. Note that there will be two videos = available on this topic, one from each university=E2=80=99s team; the = Waterloo presentation will be a follow-up to a briefing given in = December, at our fall 2020 meeting.
=E2=80=A2 The = University of Missouri is working on a project to automate the = collection of article data from multiple sources, and then combine it, = in order to analyze it and better understand author publication = activity.

A = cluster of briefings will focus on various issues pertaining to publishing, and a live session will = feature Greg Eow of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Maurice = York of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), and Sara Rouhi of the = Public Library of Science (PLOS) exploring the growth and changing = nature of agreements between libraries and mission-driven publishers = despite budgetary pressures. On-demand briefings = related to publishing include:
=E2=80=A2 A = presentation from the Knowledge Futures Group on alternatives to = dominant commercial journal publishing models, especially in light of = the coronavirus pandemic, the increasing reliance of preprints, and = pressure for shorter review times.
=E2=80=A2 =46rom = the University of Minnesota Libraries, a look at how their Publishing = Services program has cultivated partnerships and projects that have = allowed the library to provide scholars with open access, inclusive, and = non-traditional publishing opportunities.
=E2=80=A2 The = Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) will report on their = vision of model that will enable the linking of preprints and other = resources with external services, with an initial focus on peer review = services. This is part of their broader work on next generation = repository services and networks. 

Many sessions throughout the program = will touch on issues related to equity, diversity, = inclusion & accessibility; here are a few examples of on-demand briefings where these themes will be especially = prominent:
=E2=80=A2 James O=E2=80=99Donnell and Ann = Okerson will describe the work of the Offline Internet Consortium, and = its focus on addressing the implications of limited access to broadband = throughout many parts of the world.
=E2=80=A2 It has = been widely noted that we have little or no data on various forms of = diversity represented in the scholarly communications system. Developing = such data is highly complex and nuanced. We=E2=80=99ll have a report = from a team at Elsevier on their work to address gender inequity in = research by exploring schema options, platform technology, data privacy = policies, and transparency to finalize a gender identity data collection = plan.
=E2=80=A2 The University of Pennsylvania = has recently released the Penn and Slavery Project application. This is = a fascinating body of work on multiple levels: it employs very = interesting augmented reality technology, it offers a case study in how = institutions can engage with their past actions, and it offers a study = in how such initiatives can incorporate =E2=80=9Cpower sharing=E2=80=9D = arrangements to balance the interests of various collaborating = entities.
=E2=80=A2 We will have a report from OCLC = Research on how libraries are working to further the United Nations = Sustainable Development Goals, in which librarians helped to shape the = inclusion of access to information.

Various aspects of the Covid-related crisis will significantly impact our work = and our communities in the months and years ahead. The = research enterprise, especially with respect to research= continuity and resilience, is one important area to which we=E2=80=99= ve devoted two Roundtable series (links to reports from those = discussions are here: https://www.cni.org/tag/executive-roundtable-report), and = we are planning a third Roundtable on that topic later this year. Ithaka = S+R has also engaged in extensive thinking on this issue; at our = December 2020 meeting they provided an important plenary session on = their analysis of these challenges, and at the spring meeting they will = provide us with an on-demand update, discussing their = latest brief on research support in light of academic budgetary = pressures. Note that the (invitational) executive roundtables at this = meeting will focus on key post-covid planning assumptions, strategies = and uncertainties, and I=E2=80=99ll provide a rapid preliminary = synthesis of what we heard on these topics at the opening of the plenary = days on March 24. 

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) and related = strategies gained widespread attention during the pandemic, when = libraries had to shift very quickly to find alternative methods for = providing access to materials that were suddenly inaccessible in their = buildings. We feature two sessions specifically devoted to this popular = but controversial lending strategy:
=E2=80=A2 Live: A panel discussion with Chris Freeland of the = Internet Archive, Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures, Jill = Hurst-Wahl of Syracuse University, and Charlie Barlow of the Boston = Library Consortium on implementing CDL in libraries and library = consortia.
=E2=80=A2 On-demand: =46rom= the California Institute of Technology, a discussion around making CDL = a central component of library services.

Digital preservation, = curation, and stewardship continue to be critical topics at our = meetings, and they figure prominently in CNI=E2=80=99s agenda. I'm = really pleased we can offer a number of on-demand = sessions dealing with aspects of these challenges:
=E2=80=A2 Over the past few years, email = preservation has become an increasingly important part of archives and = digital preservation work. Practitioners from archives, libraries, and = museums will discuss current and future developments of email archiving = in the context of the Email Archiving: Building Capacity and Community = (EA:BCC) re-grant program.
=E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99= ll hear about a collaboration between the Directory of Open Access = Journals, CLOCKSS, the Internet Archive, the Public Knowledge Project = Preservation Network, and the ISSN International Center/Keepers Registry = to address the problem of preserving at-risk open access journals. The = group is establishing a central hub where preservation agencies can = harvest consistent metadata and access full-text. Note that the Keepers = Registry, an extremely strategic part of the global preservation = infrastructure that has been covered in previous CNI presentations, has = been moved to the ISSN International Center.
=E2=80=A2= = The University of Pittsburgh Library System will discuss how it = has taken steps to centralize its digital assets across its = repositories, and the implementation of Preservica for preservation of = the data.
=E2=80=A2 A report on a computer vision and = graphical user interface experiment at Carnegie Mellon University = Libraries to incorporate visual similarity search to help archivists and = metadata specialists search, de-duplicate, and describe a large = institutional photo archive. This is an important example of the ways in = which new technologies, many with roots in various forms of machine = learning, offer new approaches to special collections and = archives. 
=E2=80=A2 A team = from Virginia Tech will share their experience with adopting a = serverless platform to manage digital objects and preserve large-scale = datasets.

Issues= related to special collections and digital scholarship will be explored in several on-demand briefings:
=E2=80=A2 A team = from the University of Florida will provide an update on the = collaborative Celebrating Cuba project.
=E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99= ll learn about the latest migration of the Voices of the Holocaust = project, a collection of interviews conducted with survivors in 1946. = The last update, conducted in 2009, relied on Adobe Flash technology, = which has now become obsolete and is moving into unsupported = status.
=E2=80=A2 A form of =E2=80=9Cpost-custodial=E2= =80=9D digitization sometimes called "digitize-and-return" or = "scan-and-return," for digitizing and then returning materials to donors = who do not wish to part with their items at present, will be discussed = by a team from Brigham Young University (BYU). In recent years, we=E2=80=99= ve seen a number of fascinating examples of this general strategy, = including the UCLA Modern Endangered Archives and the British = Library=E2=80=99s Endangered Archives program, as well as a range of = community-based archival stewardship programs, and it will be valuable = to add BYU=E2=80=99s experience to our growing understanding of best = practices and opportunities here. 
=E2=80=A2 A project = between the University of Toronto Libraries and the Centre for Medieval = Studies, The Book and the Silk Roads, to build and support an = international network of scholars, curators, conservators, and = scientists exploring developments in writing technologies and = reimagining the history of the premodern book.
=E2=80=A2 We will hear about efforts to = institutionalize scalable digital scholarship support across the library = organization at The Ohio State University.

Sessions relating to repositories will include the following on-demand briefings:
=E2=80=A2 = Transitioning to the latest version of Fedora, the popular = repository platform. This has been a significant technical challenge for = many institutions. 
=E2=80=A2 A team = from the University of South Carolina will discuss their decision-making = process for choosing a repository platform in light of current budgetary = pressures.

Sustainability is an ongoing challenge, and two live sessions will address this issue as it relates to = programs we=E2=80=99ve followed for several years:
=E2=80=A2 We=E2=80=99ll hear about a new = model for fiscal sponsorship of the Samvera Community.
=E2=80=A2 Members of the Data Curation = Network (DCN) will discuss sustainability planning efforts that would = allow the organization to transition away from the initial funding = provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. I view the DCN as a vitally = important part of the effort to scale up research data curation in the = US higher education community. 

Other sessions will focus on privacy and identity management: A live = panel made up of representatives from the University of Nebraska, the = University System of Georgia, and Elsevier will discuss the feasibility = of federated authentication as the sole method of = access to library resources. On-demand briefings will = include a presentation by the legendary Ken Klingenstein of Internet2 to = discuss new developments for coping with the challenges of implementing = federated identity at scale, and a presentation from ORCID will present = their new affiliation manager tool for institutions.

There is never a dearth = of valuable and creative user services initiatives = shared at CNI, and this meeting will be no exception. Several on-demand briefings will highlight new = services:
=E2=80=A2 The Social Feed Manager software = developed by a team at George Washington University Libraries to allow = researchers to create social media data collections, which has opened = many new opportunities for the library.
=E2=80=A2 An update = on the e-book borrowing app SimplyE, which started in public library = environments, is now being rolled out to research libraries on a pilot = basis through a collaboration involving Columbia University and LYRASIS. = SimplyE offers a very different way to think about circulating e-books. = This is potentially highly strategic, and worth your attention if you = aren=E2=80=99t already tracking it.
=E2=80=A2 Data = analytics and visualization services at Pennsylvania State = University.

A = perennial topic of interest at CNI is IT and library = collaborations: an on-demand discussion of = effective strategies and models will include library and technology = leaders from New York University and the University of Colorado at = Boulder, moderated by Athenaeum21 Consulting.

Finally, we=E2=80=99ll have an on-demand presentation from Peter Kaufman, who=E2=80=99s = currently working with the Knowledge Futures Project, on his new book, = The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge. = I=E2=80=99ve known Peter a long time, and I=E2=80=99m really delighted = that he=E2=80=99s agreed to share highlights of this work. I just got my = copy of the book, and am now part-way through it; it=E2=80=99s a very = wide-ranging and important work that I think will be of great interest = for the CNI community. 

I invite you to browse the complete = list of breakout sessions and their full abstracts on the meeting Sched: = https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/ (a complete= list of on-demand briefings is available at https://cnispring21mtg.sched.com/info). In many cases you = will find pointers to reference material that you may find useful to = explore prior to the session, and after the meeting we will add material = from the actual presentations, including video recordings. You can also = follow the meeting via Twitter using the hashtag #cni21s.

On behalf of the CNI team, I look forward to welcoming you to = what promises to be another extremely worthwhile meeting. I apologize = for the lack of a reception but this is the virtual world that we are = forced to live in at present. Please contact me (cliff@cni.org) or Diane = Goldenberg-Hart, CNI's Assistant Executive Director (diane@cni.org), if we can = provide you with any additional information on the meeting.

Clifford = Lynch
Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
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