X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.23.2 (ClamAV engine v0.103.2) Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:37:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [192.100.21.110] (account diane@cni.org HELO smtpclient.apple) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.15) with ESMTPSA id 39902554 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:19:05 -0400 From: Cliff Lynch Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5C1F946D-8512-4B7B-9C8E-7D6E5070D9D0" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3696.120.41.1.1\)) Subject: Announcing CNI Senior Scholar Program X-Original-Message-Id: <05D06E64-FD29-4BC9-A99D-16058D472B13@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:19:05 -0400 X-Original-To: "CNI Announce CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3696.120.41.1.1) --Apple-Mail=_5C1F946D-8512-4B7B-9C8E-7D6E5070D9D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 CNI is launching a new program that will leverage the expertise of our = community; facilitate efforts to advance scholarship and visionary = thinking in CNI=E2=80=99s areas of interest; and provide opportunities = for respected, authoritative voices to formulate, develop, and share = their work with the community: CNI Senior Scholars. Our intention is to appoint a series of CNI Senior Scholars=E2=80=94curren= tly we are thinking in terms of 12=E2=80=9318-month appointments, with = at most 1=E2=80=932 Senior Scholars active at a time=E2=80=94who will = explore broad research questions that align with CNI=E2=80=99s program = and interests. Topics will vary and be framed individually by each = Senior Scholar in consultation with CNI leadership. Project interim = updates and final outputs may include reports, presentations, webinars = and the like to allow for consultation and communication with the CNI = membership and the broader community. =20 We are extraordinarily fortunate that Donald J. Waters has agreed to = serve as the inaugural CNI Senior Scholar beginning November 1, 2022. As = a CNI Senior Scholar, Don will study and report on the state of = scholarly information infrastructure in higher education to address = societal grand challenges. His research will help to identify the = information infrastructure that research universities need to establish = and expand programs in which faculty spanning a diverse range of = disciplines partner with policymakers and members of the public to = address enormously pressing and complex issues such as climate change, = pandemics, and related societal challenges. I am sure that Don is well-known to many of you; his career includes a = rich record of key leadership contributions to the evolution of = scholarship and scholarly communication in the digital age and the = collaborative structures to permit institutions to support this = evolution. Over the years he has made many important contributions to = CNI=E2=80=99s work and has helped me as a valued advisor; he recently = stepped down from the CNI Steering Committee after many years of service = as an at-large member there.=20 In 2019, Don retired from the Mellon Foundation as the senior program = officer for scholarly communications after 20 years of service; since = then, he has been a consultant and independent scholar, publishing = important work such as his recent paper =E2=80=9CThe emerging digital = infrastructure for research in the humanities.=E2=80=9D* Before joining = the Mellon Foundation, he served as the founding director of the Digital = Library Federation (1997-1999), as associate university librarian at = Yale University (1993-1997), and in various other library and = information technology positions.=20 Throughout the next year, Don will provide periodic progress reports on = his research culminating in a comprehensive report, presentation, = webinar, or combination of the three. Stay tuned for more details and = specifics about his particular project and the program as a whole. -Clifford Lynch Director, CNI *Donald J. Waters, =E2=80=9CThe emerging digital infrastructure for = research in the humanities,=E2=80=9D International Journal of Digital = Libraries (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-022-00332-3.=20 =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=_5C1F946D-8512-4B7B-9C8E-7D6E5070D9D0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
CNI is launching a new program that will leverage the = expertise of our community; facilitate efforts to advance scholarship = and visionary thinking in CNI=E2=80=99s areas of interest; and provide = opportunities for respected, authoritative voices to formulate, develop, = and share their work with the community: CNI Senior = Scholars.

Our intention is to appoint a series of CNI Senior = Scholars=E2=80=94currently we are thinking in terms of 12=E2=80=9318-month= appointments, with at most 1=E2=80=932 Senior Scholars active at a = time=E2=80=94who will explore broad research questions that align with = CNI=E2=80=99s program and interests. Topics will vary and be framed = individually by each Senior Scholar in consultation with CNI leadership. = Project interim updates and final outputs may include reports, = presentations, webinars and the like to allow for consultation and = communication with the CNI membership and the broader community. =  

We are = extraordinarily fortunate that Donald J. Waters has = agreed to serve as the inaugural CNI Senior Scholar beginning November = 1, 2022. As a CNI Senior Scholar, Don will study and report on the state = of scholarly information infrastructure in higher education to address = societal grand challenges. His research will help to identify the = information infrastructure that research universities need to establish = and expand programs in which faculty spanning a diverse range of = disciplines partner with policymakers and members of the public to = address enormously pressing and complex issues such as climate change, = pandemics, and related societal challenges.

I am sure that Don is well-known to = many of you; his career includes a rich record of key leadership = contributions to the evolution of scholarship and scholarly = communication in the digital age and the collaborative structures to = permit institutions to support this evolution. Over the years he has = made many important contributions to CNI=E2=80=99s work and has helped = me as a valued advisor; he recently stepped down from the CNI Steering = Committee after many years of service as an at-large member = there. 

In = 2019, Don retired from the Mellon Foundation as the senior program = officer for scholarly communications after 20 years of service; since = then, he has been a consultant and independent scholar, publishing = important work such as his recent paper =E2=80=9CThe emerging digital = infrastructure for research in the humanities.=E2=80=9D* Before joining = the Mellon Foundation, he served as the founding director of the Digital = Library Federation (1997-1999), as associate university librarian at = Yale University (1993-1997), and in various other library and = information technology positions. 

Throughout the next year, Don will = provide periodic progress reports on his research culminating in a = comprehensive report, presentation, webinar, or combination of the = three. Stay tuned for more details and specifics about his particular = project and the program as a whole.

-Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI


*Donald J. Waters, = =E2=80=9CThe emerging digital infrastructure for research in the = humanities,=E2=80=9D International Journal of Digital Libraries (2022), = https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-022-00332-3. 


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