X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.23.2 (ClamAV engine v0.103.2) From: "Cliff Lynch cliff@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:36:25 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from arl-d-230.arl.org (account diane@cni.org [192.100.21.230] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 38697696 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:41:25 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EC3E6169-487D-41F7-8114-66A33671C954" Reply-To: "diane@cni.org" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.21\)) Subject: Roadmap for the Fall '21 CNI Member Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: <8770DC1E-EE3F-49E8-9E69-6C6D1F2ED0AF@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:41:24 -0500 X-Original-To: "CNI Announce CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.21) --Apple-Mail=_EC3E6169-487D-41F7-8114-66A33671C954 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Meeting Roadmap A Guide to the Fall 2021 Coalition for Networked Information Membership Meeting The Fall 2021 CNI Membership Meeting (https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2021) = will be comprised of both an online and (at last!) an in-person = component, each independent of the other, and designed to be = complementary: the virtual event (https://cnifall21mtg.sched.com) will = be held online Dec. 7=E2=80=939, and the in-person event = (https://cnifall21inperson.sched.com) will take place the following week = in Washington, DC, on Dec. 13=E2=80=9314. Both events offer 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 events and an extensive series of live = synchronous, in-person, and pre-recorded sessions, including plenaries, = invited sessions, and project briefings focusing on current issues in = digital information. Only a small number of virtual sessions will take place live; the vast = majority of project briefings will be pre-recorded. Curated playlists of = pre-recorded project briefings corresponding to CNI's core program area = themes will be available on-demand beginning Nov. 30, to be explored at = your leisure. In addition, for the virtual event, we offer an expanded = line-up of invited sessions and project briefings on topics we feel are = particularly timely and/or strategic for the community as a whole; these = will be live, to take place online Dec. 7=E2=80=939. Unless the = presenters have requested otherwise, all sessions will be recorded and = subsequently available to the public; this includes the pre-recorded = sessions. The Executive Roundtable sessions (by prior application) will be online, = and will take place in conjunction with the virtual event on December 6 = and 10.=20 The in-person CNI meeting is preceded by an optional orientation session = at 11:15 AM for new attendees (representatives of new member = organizations and new representatives or alternate delegates from = existing member organizations); guests and presenters are also welcome. = There will be coffee and an opportunity to meet some long-time members = of the CNI community. Refreshments are available for all at 12:00 PM on = Monday, Dec. 13. The opening plenary is at 1:00 PM and will be followed = by three rounds of parallel breakout sessions plus a stand-alone, = invited session immediately preceding the evening reception (new this = year). Tuesday, Dec. 14, includes additional rounds of parallel breakout = sessions, lunch, and the closing keynote, concluding around 3:30 PM. = This year, after so much time virtual, we=E2=80=99ve built in additional = and generous break time for informal networking with colleagues, in = addition to our signature reception which will run until 7:00 PM on the = evening of Monday, Dec. 13, after which participants can enjoy an = evening in Washington, DC. We are in a new hotel this year (the J.W. = Marriott) and there are a number of nearby dining options.=20 You=E2=80=99ll see several important changes in the in-person meeting = this year. Along with a more leisurely pacing, we=E2=80=99ve greatly = reduced the number of in-person parallel sessions, and are = professionally recording all sessions (unless otherwise requested by = presenters) for subsequent public availability.=20 The CNI meeting program is subject to last minute changes, particularly = in the in-person breakout sessions =E2=80=93 don=E2=80=99t rule out a = late-breaking addition to the line-up! You can find the most current = information, including schedule details, on the two event Scheds: Virtual Event Sched: https://cnifall21mtg.sched.com In-Person Event Sched: https://cnifall21inperson.sched.com=20 We are making both event schedules available via Sched, and while a = Sched account is not required to view meeting information, you may find = some of the tool=E2=80=99s personalization features helpful. Virtual = event registrants will be able to access meeting sessions via Sched when = logged into their Sched account; alternatively, they can access the = meeting using the Zoom link sent by email in early December. If you have = not received an invitation from Sched, or if you have questions about = its use, please contact Paige Pope (paige@cni.org). For registration = inquiries, please contact Jackie Eudell (jackie@cni.org). The Plenary Sessions As is now traditional, I have reserved the opening plenary of our = in-person fall member meeting for an update. During this session, = scheduled to start at 1:00 PM on Monday, Dec. 13, I want to look at = recent developments and the ways in which the landscape is changing, and = to identify some key developments I expect to see in the coming years. = As part of this, I=E2=80=99ll discuss progress on the Coalition=E2=80=99s = agenda, and thoughts on CNI=E2=80=99s future program. I look forward to = sharing CNI=E2=80=99s continually evolving strategy with you, as well as = discussing recent events and current issues. There=E2=80=99s so much to = talk about. The opening plenary will include time for questions and = discussion, and I am eager to hear your comments. I=E2=80=99m really thrilled that, for the in-person closing plenary, a = team from Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab will share = their experiences exploring new strategic approaches to supporting = scientific research through highly automated, network-based shared = instrumentation facilities, including consideration of the implications = for research data management and reproducibility. I first learned about = this work as part of CNI=E2=80=99s exploration of pandemic implications = for the research enterprise and have been following it closely ever = since; it seems quite unique and I believe it=E2=80=99s enormously = important. You can find more information about the project on the = meeting website. The Invited Sessions We have several invited sessions lined up for the virtual event, and a = special invited panel to take place during our in-person event =E2=80=93 = these are all closely tied to the ongoing programmatic interests of CNI = and its members: Along Came Google (virtual, live) Roger Schonfeld & Deanna Marcum (Ithaka S+R) Roger and Deanna will discuss their wonderful new book looking at the = history of book digitization at scale, tracing this work through the = Google Books program and the creation of HathiTrust. CLIR Fellows Panel (virtual, live) Petrouchka Mo=C3=AFse (Grinnell College), Francena Turner (U. of = Maryland), Laura Wilson (Fisk U.), Kevin Winstead (Pennsylvania State = U.) CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows work on projects that forge and strengthen = connections among collections, educational and information technologies, = and current research and scholarship, and they 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=E2=80=99ve hosted CLIR Fellows Panels at our last two = virtual events, 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. Octopus: The New Primary Research Record for Science (virtual, live) Alexandra Freeman (Octopus Publishing CIC) Octopus is a new platform, launching in spring 2022, and is being = developed in partnership with Jisc, UK Research and Innovation, and the = UK Reproducibility Network. It is designed to be the new primary = research record for science: instead of being a platform for the = publication of papers, it is designed for easy and rapid sharing and = assessing of work, in smaller units. The platform=E2=80=99s creator will = explain more about how its unique structure will work, and why it was = designed the way it was. COVID-19 and the Future of Scholarly Meetings (virtual, live) Dylan Ruediger, Danielle Cooper, & Laura Brown (Ithaka S+R) Ithaka S+R and JSTOR Labs, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan = Foundation, are organizing a cohort of scholarly societies to explore = and develop the future of the scholarly meeting in light of the many = challenges brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. A team from = Ithaka S+R will share with us some of the preliminary thinking on this = issue and plans for the project. LEADING to Data Science in Libraries Panel (in-person) We=E2=80=99ve reserved a session (immediately preceding the Monday = reception) to highlight an excellent IMLS-funded program that aims to = prepare a diverse cohort of LIS doctoral students and mid-career = librarians for data science endeavors: the Library and Information = Sciences (LIS) Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group = (LEADING). We will hear directly from several of the fellows in the = current cohort, as well as from some of the project=E2=80=99s principal = investigators. Highlighted Breakout Sessions I will not attempt to comprehensively cover 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 almost all sessions publicly available on = our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/cnivideo) and Vimeo = (https://vimeo.com/channels/cni) channels after the meeting; we hope you = will share these resources widely with your communities. Strategies for coping with the challenges of research data and = information management feature prominently in the fall 2021 meeting = program. A panel representing four university libraries will present a = live, virtual session on developing institutional strategies and = policies for research data. Research data publishing ethics will be the = subject of an in-person breakout, as will an update from the Data = Curation Network. Another in-person session will discuss the German = National Research Data Infrastructure. Pre-recorded sessions on related = themes include: =E2=80=9CCreating a Single Point of Entry Tool for Data Needs Assessment = and Support=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CDeveloping a Research Data Management Service in a Regional = Comprehensive University: Needs Assessment=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CDRAS-TIC Linked Data Platforms for Digital Asset Management=E2=80= =9D =E2=80=9CNew NISO Projects to Support Trust and Transparency in the = Research Ecosystem=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CObstacles and Opportunities in Research Information Management = in the United States=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CSupporting University Resilience During the Pandemic through = VIVO, the Open Source Research Information Management System=E2=80=9D Our community continues to focus considerable attention on the = publishing industry and on issues related to intellectual property, and = we will have several sessions that deal with related issues. Live, = virtual sessions will include a team from Harvard to discuss an = intriguing and potentially high-impact project designed to automate = rights determination for orphan works, as well as a panel from the = Boston Library Consortium that will discuss consortial controlled = digital lending. In-person, the University of Michigan will provide a = progress report on the =E2=80=9CFund to Mission=E2=80=9D open access = monograph model, and we=E2=80=99ll have a pre-recorded session from MIT = Press on their Direct to Open monograph publishing model; both of these = presentations explore new futures for university press monographs. Other = pre-recorded sessions on these themes include a session on understanding = the APC waiver process, a report on the Open Access eBook Usage Data = Trust, values-driven models for scholarly communication, and using = interinstitutional infrastructure to establish an open educational = resources (OER) imprint. There are a number of presentations dealing with workforce and skills = issues at scale. There will be an in-person update on a large-scale = effort to assist professionals working in libraries and cultural = heritage institutions evaluate and address a range of key copyright = matters (the Virtual Copyright Education Center). Several pre-recorded = sessions will touch on related themes: a presentation on the library = technology career jumpstart program, a team from Skilltype will speak on = identifying global expertise in the library economy, and we=E2=80=99ll = hear about the Scholarly Communication Notebook to help support the = teaching of library students and professionals about scholarly = communication librarianship. Relatedly, we will also have a number of sessions on spaces and = services: CNI Associate Executive Director Emerita Joan Lippincott will = moderate a live, virtual session on high-tech work in physical and = virtual spaces, and pre-recorded sessions will cover a student-centric = technology ecosystem, a collaborative research and education tool at the = Naval Postgraduate School, and an analysis of usage of library services = and collections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital preservation continues to be an important topic at our meetings, = and I'm really pleased we can offer a number of pre-recorded sessions = dealing with aspects of these challenges: =E2=80=9CAssessing the Preservation Systems Landscape=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CBuilding a Path Forward to Sustainable Digital Preservation: = The Genesis of Digital Preservation Leadership Across the UC System=E2=80=9D= =E2=80=9CConnecticut Digital Archive in Context: Addressing Systemic = Bias in Cultural Heritage Repository Programs=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CDigital Preservation & Access: Exposing Workflows and = Governance=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CEndangered But Not Too Late: The State of Digital News = Preservation=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CPreserving Digital Architecture: A Progress Report on the = Building for Tomorrow Project=E2=80=9D Two sessions on email preservation: =E2=80=9CThe Mailbag Project and = Building Digital Preservation Tools Around Filesystems=E2=80=9D and = =E2=80=9CMoving Email Archives from Theory to Practice=E2=80=9D Research impact will be explored during this meeting in various = contexts. An in-person session will describe the Publication Activity = Collection Environment (PACE) system at Notre Dame University that = provides high-confidence publication data for university centers, = institutes, and departments. A pre-recorded session from Weill Cornell = Medical College will discuss using the National Institutes of Health=E2=80= =99s iCite service to gauge the influence of scholarly output. Another = pre-recorded session, on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), = will explore emerging models for society-driven research agendas that = can be integrated with academic culture to strengthen US research = linkages with the SDGs and how that progress can be monitored. A cluster of briefings will focus on information access and retrieval; = in-person sessions will feature panelists from five university libraries = that have adopted a community-developed, app-based, open-source library = services platform, The Future of Libraries is Open (FOLIO), and a team = from UIUC will discuss using machine learning for topic modelling and = identification on bibliographic datasets. Jefferson Baily of the = Internet Archive will present a live, synchronous update on a project to = support perpetual access to open scholarship. Pre-recorded briefings on = these themes will include: a session on the Digital Public Library of = America=E2=80=99s work with Wikimedia; improving access to electronic = theses and dissertations; using Wikidata for improved access to library = data. The pre-recorded sessions =E2=80=9CAddressing the 7% Problem: The FRAME = Project and the ARL-CARL Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Project=E2=80=9D = and =E2=80=9CAccessibility Does Not Imply Usability for Students with = Visual Disabilities=E2=80=9D will center on accessibility matters. Issues related to special collections and digital scholarship will be = investigated by the pre-recorded briefings, =E2=80=9CThe University of = California, San Francisco-John Hopkins University Opioid Industry = Documents Archive,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9C=46rom Monolith to a Modern System, = and the First-Ever Florida Digital Newspaper Library Portal,=E2=80=9D = and other sessions will also explore the use of emerging technologies, = often in connection with special collections: Live, Synchronous: =E2=80=9CImplementing Artificial Intelligence = Technology at a Major Library=E2=80=9D In-person: =E2=80=9CUniversity of Miami's Esploro Journey: Leveraging = Human Eco-systems & Intelligence to Train AI Models=E2=80=9D Pre-recorded: =E2=80=9CMachine Learning for Geographic Information = Systems: Striving for Scalable Processing of Scanned Map Images=E2=80=9D = and =E2=80=9CUsing Machine Learning to Extract WWII Japanese American = Incarceree Data=E2=80=9D There will be an update on the Dryad repository program at the in-person = event; other presentations related to repositories will include the = following pre-recorded briefings: =E2=80=9CThe United Rainbow Colors of Bots=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CRe-Investing in the Institutional Repository: Redesigning = Infrastructure, Re-Architecting the Platform, and Reviewing Policies=E2=80= =9D =E2=80=9CRepository Migration Pilot Debrief=E2=80=9D Using, leveraging, and assessing open systems and services are issues of = ongoing interest to the CNI community, and several sessions will address = some of these challenges: In-person: =E2=80=9CUniversity-based Open Sources Programs Offices=E2=80=9D= will describe a very interesting emerging role within our higher = education institutions Live, synchronous: =E2=80=9CImplementation and Assessment of an = End-to-end Open Science and Data Collaborations Program=E2=80=9D Pre-recorded: =E2=80=9CLink It, Find It, Count It: LYRASIS and Research Infrastructure = Communities=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CChallenges and Opportunities in Open Source Software: A Review = of the LYRASIS 2021 Research Survey Report=E2=80=9D Other sessions will focus on privacy and identity management: there will = be an in-person presentation on the Licensing Privacy initiative, that = aims to improve how academic libraries leverage licensing terms to = advocate for reader privacy, as well as a session to report on a = multi-institute undergraduate focus group study on learning analytic = scenarios, which involve delicate privacy issues. A pre-recorded = presentation from Duke University Libraries will report on a project to = develop a new statement of priorities and guiding principles related to = data privacy. Additional pre-recorded sessions include a presentation by = Ken Klingenstein of Internet2 focusing on the value and use of = attributes, Loyola University Chicago=E2=80=99s experience with = federated authentication, and a presentation on the researcher profiles = system at the University of California, Davis. We will offer an in-person session, organized and moderated by Cynthia = Hudson Vitale of the Association of Research Libraries, where = representatives from federal agencies and non-profits will discuss = funding priorities and trends, and a pre-recorded session on the Global = Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) and funding = support for open science infrastructure. Finally, Kenning Arlitsch of Montana State University and Michael Della = Bitta of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) will explore the = issue of obtaining broader contributions of digital objects to the DPLA = from our community during an in-person breakout session.=20 I invite you to browse the complete list of breakout sessions and their = full abstracts on the event Scheds, where you will often find pointers = to reference material that you may find useful to explore prior to the = session: Virtual event: https://cnifall21mtg.sched.com In-person event: https://cnifall21inperson.sched.com More about pre-recorded briefings, including links to curated playlists = is available at https://sched.co/pRut. The meeting hashtag is #cni21f. On behalf of the CNI team, I look forward to welcoming you to what = promises to be another extremely worthwhile meeting. 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 =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=_EC3E6169-487D-41F7-8114-66A33671C954 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Meeting Roadmap
A = Guide to the Fall 2021
Coalition for = Networked Information Membership Meeting


The Fall 2021 CNI = Membership Meeting (https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2021) will be comprised of = both an online and (at last!) an in-person component, each independent = of the other, and designed to be complementary: the virtual event (https://cnifall21mtg.sched.com) will be held online Dec. = 7=E2=80=939, and the in-person event (https://cnifall21inperson.sched.com) will take place the = following week in Washington, DC, on Dec. 13=E2=80=9314. Both events = offer 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 events and an extensive = series of live synchronous, in-person, and pre-recorded = sessions, including plenaries, invited sessions, and project = briefings focusing on current issues in digital = information.

Only a small number of = virtual sessions will take place live; = the vast majority of project briefings will be pre-recorded. Curated = playlists of pre-recorded project briefings corresponding to CNI's core = program area themes will be available on-demand beginning = Nov. 30, to be explored at your leisure. In addition, for the = virtual event, we offer an expanded line-up of invited sessions and = project briefings on topics we feel are particularly timely and/or = strategic for the community as a whole; these will be live, to take = place online Dec. 7=E2=80=939. Unless the presenters have requested = otherwise, all sessions will be recorded and subsequently available to = the public; this includes the pre-recorded sessions.

The Executive Roundtable sessions (by prior = application) will be online, and will take place in conjunction with the = virtual event on December 6 and 10. 

The in-person CNI meeting is = preceded by an optional orientation session at 11:15 AM for new = attendees (representatives of new member organizations and new = representatives or alternate delegates from existing member = organizations); guests and presenters are also welcome. There will be = coffee and an opportunity to meet some long-time members of the CNI = community. Refreshments are available for all at 12:00 PM on Monday, = Dec. 13. The opening plenary is at 1:00 PM and will be followed by three = rounds of parallel breakout sessions plus a stand-alone, = invited session immediately preceding the evening reception (new this = year). Tuesday, Dec. 14, includes additional rounds of parallel = breakout sessions, lunch, and the closing keynote, concluding around = 3:30 PM. This year, after so much time virtual, we=E2=80=99ve built in = additional and generous break time for informal networking with = colleagues, in addition to our signature reception which will run until = 7:00 PM on the evening of Monday, Dec. 13, after which participants can = enjoy an evening in Washington, DC. We are in a new hotel this year (the = J.W. Marriott) and there are a number of nearby dining = options. 

You=E2=80=99ll see = several important changes in the in-person meeting this year. Along with = a more leisurely pacing, we=E2=80=99ve greatly reduced the number of = in-person parallel sessions, and are professionally recording all = sessions (unless otherwise requested by presenters) for subsequent = public availability. 


The CNI meeting program is subject to last minute = changes, particularly in the in-person breakout sessions =E2=80=93 = don=E2=80=99t rule out a late-breaking addition to the line-up! You can = find the most current information, including schedule details, on the = two event Scheds:

We are making both event schedules = available via Sched, and while a Sched account is not = required to view meeting information, you may find some of the = tool=E2=80=99s personalization features helpful. Virtual event = registrants will be able to access meeting sessions via Sched when = logged into their Sched account; alternatively, they can access the meeting using the Zoom link sent by email in early = December. If you have not received an invitation from Sched, or if = you have questions about its use, please contact Paige Pope (paige@cni.org). For = registration inquiries, please contact Jackie Eudell (jackie@cni.org).

The Plenary Sessions

As is now traditional, I have reserved the opening = plenary of our in-person fall member meeting for an = update. During this session, scheduled to start at 1:00 PM on Monday, =  Dec. 13, I want to look at recent developments and the ways in = which the landscape is changing, and to identify some key developments I = expect to see in the coming years. As part of this, I=E2=80=99ll discuss = progress on the Coalition=E2=80=99s agenda, and thoughts on CNI=E2=80=99s = future program. I look forward to sharing CNI=E2=80=99s continually = evolving strategy with you, as well as discussing recent events and = current issues. There=E2=80=99s so much to talk about. The opening = plenary will include time for questions and discussion, and I am eager = to hear your comments.

I=E2=80=99m = really thrilled that, for the in-person closing = plenary, a team from Carnegie Mellon University and Emerald Cloud Lab = will share their experiences exploring new strategic approaches to = supporting scientific research through highly automated, network-based = shared instrumentation facilities, including consideration of the = implications for research data management and reproducibility. I first = learned about this work as part of CNI=E2=80=99s exploration of pandemic = implications for the research enterprise and have been following it = closely ever since; it seems quite unique and I believe it=E2=80=99s = enormously important. You can find more information about the project on = the meeting website.

The Invited Sessions

We have several invited sessions lined up for the = virtual event, and a special invited panel to take place during our = in-person event =E2=80=93 these are all closely tied to the ongoing = programmatic interests of CNI and its members:

  • Along Came Google (virtual, = live)
Roger Schonfeld & Deanna = Marcum (Ithaka S+R)
Roger and Deanna will discuss their = wonderful new book looking at the history of book digitization at scale, = tracing this work through the Google Books program and the creation of = HathiTrust.

  • CLIR = Fellows Panel (virtual, live)
Petrouchka Mo=C3=AFse (Grinnell College), Francena Turner (U. = of Maryland), Laura Wilson (Fisk U.), Kevin Winstead (Pennsylvania State = U.)
CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows work on projects that forge = and strengthen connections among collections, educational and = information technologies, and current research and scholarship, and they = 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=E2=80=99ve hosted CLIR Fellows Panels at our last two = virtual events, 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.

  • Octopus: = The New Primary Research Record for Science (virtual, = live)
Alexandra Freeman (Octopus = Publishing CIC)
Octopus is a new platform, launching in = spring 2022, and is being developed in partnership with Jisc, UK = Research and Innovation, and the UK Reproducibility Network. It is = designed to be the new primary research record for science: instead of = being a platform for the publication of papers, it is designed for easy = and rapid sharing and assessing of work, in smaller units. The = platform=E2=80=99s creator will explain more about how its unique = structure will work, and why it was designed the way it = was.

  • COVID-19 and the Future of = Scholarly Meetings (virtual, live)
Dylan Ruediger, Danielle Cooper, & Laura Brown (Ithaka = S+R)
Ithaka S+R and JSTOR Labs, with funding from the = Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, are organizing a cohort of scholarly = societies to explore and develop the future of the scholarly meeting in = light of the many challenges brought to the fore by the COVID-19 = pandemic. A team from Ithaka S+R will share with us some of the = preliminary thinking on this issue and plans for the = project.

    LEADING to Data Science in = Libraries Panel (in-person)
We=E2=80=99ve = reserved a session (immediately preceding the Monday reception) to = highlight an excellent IMLS-funded program that aims to prepare a = diverse cohort of LIS doctoral students and mid-career librarians for = data science endeavors: the Library and Information Sciences (LIS) = Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING). We will = hear directly from several of the fellows in the current cohort, as well = as from some of the project=E2=80=99s principal = investigators.

Highlighted Breakout Sessions

I will not attempt to comprehensively cover = 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 = almost all sessions publicly available on our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/cnivideo) and Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/channels/cni) channels after the = meeting; we hope you will share these resources widely with your = communities.

Strategies for coping = with the challenges of research data and information = management feature prominently in the fall 2021 meeting program. A = panel representing four university libraries will present a = live, virtual session on developing institutional strategies and = policies for research data. Research data publishing ethics will be the = subject of an in-person breakout, as will an update = from the Data Curation Network. Another in-person session will discuss = the German National Research Data Infrastructure. Pre-recorded sessions on related themes = include:
  • =E2=80=9CCreat= ing a Single Point of Entry Tool for Data Needs Assessment and = Support=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CDeveloping a Research Data = Management Service in a Regional Comprehensive University: Needs = Assessment=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CDRAS-TIC Linked Data = Platforms for Digital Asset Management=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9C= New NISO Projects to Support Trust and Transparency in the Research = Ecosystem=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CObstacles and = Opportunities in Research Information Management in the United = States=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CSupporting University = Resilience During the Pandemic through VIVO, the Open Source Research = Information Management System=E2=80=9D

Our community continues to focus considerable = attention on the publishing industry and on issues = related to intellectual property, and we will have = several sessions that deal with related issues. Live, = virtual sessions will include a team from Harvard to discuss an = intriguing and potentially high-impact project designed to automate = rights determination for orphan works, as well as a panel from the = Boston Library Consortium that will discuss consortial controlled = digital lending. In-person, the University of Michigan = will provide a progress report on the =E2=80=9CFund to Mission=E2=80=9D = open access monograph model, and we=E2=80=99ll have a pre-recorded session from MIT Press on their Direct to = Open monograph publishing model; both of these presentations explore new = futures for university press monographs. Other pre-recorded sessions on = these themes include a session on understanding the APC waiver process, = a report on the Open Access eBook Usage Data Trust, values-driven models = for scholarly communication, and using interinstitutional infrastructure = to establish an open educational resources (OER) imprint.

There are a number of presentations dealing with workforce and skills issues at scale. There will be an in-person update on a large-scale effort to assist = professionals working in libraries and cultural heritage institutions = evaluate and address a range of key copyright matters (the Virtual = Copyright Education Center). Several pre-recorded = sessions will touch on related themes: a presentation on the library = technology career jumpstart program, a team from Skilltype will speak on = identifying global expertise in the library economy, and we=E2=80=99ll = hear about the Scholarly Communication Notebook to help support the = teaching of library students and professionals about scholarly = communication librarianship.

Relatedly, we will also have a number of sessions = on spaces and services: CNI Associate Executive = Director Emerita Joan Lippincott will moderate a live, = virtual session on high-tech work in physical and virtual spaces, = and pre-recorded sessions will cover a student-centric = technology ecosystem, a collaborative research and education tool at the = Naval Postgraduate School, and an analysis of usage of library services = and collections during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital preservation continues = to be an important topic at our meetings, and I'm really pleased we can = offer a number of pre-recorded sessions dealing with aspects of these = challenges:
  • =E2=80=9CAssessing the Preservation Systems = Landscape=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CBuilding a Path Forward = to Sustainable Digital Preservation: The Genesis of Digital Preservation = Leadership Across the UC System=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CConne= cticut Digital Archive in Context: Addressing Systemic Bias in Cultural = Heritage Repository Programs=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CDigital = Preservation & Access: Exposing Workflows and Governance=E2=80=9D
    • =
  • =E2=80=9CEndangered But Not Too Late: The State of = Digital News Preservation=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CPreserving = Digital Architecture: A Progress Report on the Building for Tomorrow = Project=E2=80=9D
  • Two sessions on email preservation: = =E2=80=9CThe Mailbag Project and Building Digital Preservation Tools = Around Filesystems=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CMoving Email Archives from = Theory to Practice=E2=80=9D

Research impact will be explored = during this meeting in various contexts. An in-person = session will describe the Publication Activity Collection Environment = (PACE) system at Notre Dame University that provides high-confidence = publication data for university centers, institutes, and departments. A = pre-recorded session from Weill Cornell Medical = College will discuss using the National Institutes of Health=E2=80=99s = iCite service to gauge the influence of scholarly output. Another = pre-recorded session, on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), = will explore emerging models for society-driven research agendas that = can be integrated with academic culture to strengthen US research = linkages with the SDGs and how that progress can be = monitored.

A cluster of briefings = will focus on information access and retrieval; in-person sessions will feature panelists from five = university libraries that have adopted a community-developed, app-based, = open-source library services platform, The Future of Libraries is Open = (FOLIO), and a team from UIUC will discuss using machine learning for = topic modelling and identification on bibliographic datasets. Jefferson = Baily of the Internet Archive will present a live, = synchronous update on a project to support perpetual access to open = scholarship. Pre-recorded briefings on these themes = will include: a session on the Digital Public Library of America=E2=80=99s= work with Wikimedia; improving access to electronic theses and = dissertations; using Wikidata for improved access to library = data.

The pre-recorded sessions =E2=80=9CAddressing the 7% Problem: = The FRAME Project and the ARL-CARL Marrakesh Treaty Implementation = Project=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CAccessibility Does Not Imply Usability for = Students with Visual Disabilities=E2=80=9D will center on accessibility matters.

Issues related to special = collections and digital scholarship will be = investigated by the pre-recorded briefings, =E2=80=9CThe= University of California, San Francisco-John Hopkins University Opioid = Industry Documents Archive,=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9C=46rom Monolith to a = Modern System, and the First-Ever Florida Digital Newspaper Library = Portal,=E2=80=9D and other sessions will also explore the use of emerging technologies, often in connection with special = collections:
  • Live, = Synchronous: =E2=80=9CImplementing Artificial Intelligence Technology at = a Major Library=E2=80=9D
  • In-person: =E2=80=9CUniversity= of Miami's Esploro Journey: Leveraging Human Eco-systems & = Intelligence to Train AI Models=E2=80=9D
  • Pre-recorded: = =E2=80=9CMachine Learning for Geographic Information Systems: Striving = for Scalable Processing of Scanned Map Images=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CUsing = Machine Learning to Extract WWII Japanese American Incarceree = Data=E2=80=9D

There will = be an update on the Dryad repository program at the in-person event; other presentations related to repositories will include the following pre-recorded briefings:
  • =E2=80=9CThe United Rainbow Colors = of Bots=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CRe-Investing in the = Institutional Repository: Redesigning Infrastructure, Re-Architecting = the Platform, and Reviewing Policies=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CRepository Migration Pilot = Debrief=E2=80=9D

Using, leveraging, and assessing open systems and = services are issues of ongoing interest to the CNI community, and = several sessions will address some of these challenges:
  • In-person: = =E2=80=9CUniversity-based Open Sources Programs Offices=E2=80=9D will = describe a very interesting emerging role within our higher education = institutions
  • Live, synchronous: = =E2=80=9CImplementation and Assessment of an End-to-end Open Science and = Data Collaborations Program=E2=80=9D
  • Pre-recorded:
    • =E2=80=9CLi= nk It, Find It, Count It: LYRASIS and Research Infrastructure = Communities=E2=80=9D
    • =E2=80=9CChallenges and = Opportunities in Open Source Software: A Review of the LYRASIS 2021 = Research Survey Report=E2=80=9D

Other sessions will focus on privacy = and identity management: there will be an = in-person presentation on the Licensing Privacy initiative, that = aims to improve how academic libraries leverage licensing terms to = advocate for reader privacy, as well as a session to report on a = multi-institute undergraduate focus group study on learning analytic = scenarios, which involve delicate privacy issues. A pre-recorded presentation from Duke University Libraries = will report on a project to develop a new statement of priorities and = guiding principles related to data privacy. Additional pre-recorded = sessions include a presentation by Ken Klingenstein of Internet2 = focusing on the value and use of attributes, Loyola University = Chicago=E2=80=99s experience with federated authentication, and a = presentation on the researcher profiles system at the University of = California, Davis.

We will offer = an in-person session, organized and moderated by = Cynthia Hudson Vitale of the Association of Research Libraries, where = representatives from federal agencies and non-profits will discuss funding priorities and trends, and a pre-recorded session on the Global Sustainability = Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) and funding support for open = science infrastructure.

Finally, = Kenning Arlitsch of Montana State University and Michael Della Bitta of = the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) will explore the issue of = obtaining broader contributions of digital objects to the DPLA from our = community during an in-person breakout = session. 

I invite you to = browse the complete list of breakout sessions and their full abstracts = on the event Scheds, where you will often find pointers to reference = material that you may find useful to explore prior to the = session:
More about pre-recorded briefings, = including links to curated playlists is available at https://sched.co/pRut.

The meeting hashtag is #cni21f.

On behalf of = the CNI team, I look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be = another extremely worthwhile meeting. 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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