Opening Plenary
Update on Leadership Transition and Survey of Developments, Trends, and Prospects
Andrew K. Pace, Association of Research Libraries
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
ARL Executive Director Andrew Pace provided updates on the CNI leadership transition, including insights from a recent CNI membership survey. Clifford Lynch followed with his traditional survey of key developments, trends, and prospects in the networked information and research landscapes. This year’s talk focused on both near-term developments and a long-term perspective, including a look back at the last 25 years or so and speculations for the next decade.
Closing Plenary
Presentation of the Paul Evan Peters Award & Memorial Lecture
The Fourth Paradigm, Open Science and Artificial Intelligence
Tony Hey
Tony Hey, recipient of the 2024 Paul Evan Peters Award, delivered a talk spanning the development of the Fourth Paradigm and the related evolution of data-intensive science, open science, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence technologies.
Lightning Round
The session features nine five-minute presentations on initiatives of interest to the CNI community.
Report and Recommendations of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
Marisa Parham, University of Maryland, College Park
James Shulman, American Council of Learned Societies
The session discussed both the recommendations within and the process of developing the ACLS Commission's new report, “Other Stories to Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the Infrastructure for Digital Humanities.” See:
https://www.acls.org/resources/other-stories-to-tell/
All videos will be openly available on the CNI website (
https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2024),
YouTube, and
Vimeo channels in the coming weeks. We will make a formal announcement once all meeting materials, including slide decks, are posted.
-Paige, CNI Communications Coordinator