X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.4.2/27569) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=tSmBQqSRlevDVX8r7c+ncDIR5MZOcRK11yMF1APErPE=; h=Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:From:Message-ID:Date:To:Sender; b=coTWUqO 1mIDm460OFg2Cnn0rva0mIjIqpT7WsKiNES3OgGFj69/IWc4pL/adgViYbsX8Pr3laiEkInXK3rFi ay8h0GvenMh1WewouifASbNIycQb2HZERogAKjX+nKxg7DJuOKCbXDnL7FWvmbuC8MOugIf0jBivZ 7qiLZma+5c= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:02:20 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [97.116.182.90] (account paige@cni.org HELO smtpclient.apple) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 7.1.10) with ESMTPSA id 43176916 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:00:58 -0500 From: Clifford Lynch Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_FA45AB97-D0F7-4596-8E25-800C4A34886A" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.700.6\)) Subject: Highlights for Upcoming CNI Spring 2025 Member Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 15:00:13 -0500 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.700.6) --Apple-Mail=_FA45AB97-D0F7-4596-8E25-800C4A34886A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 The upcoming CNI Spring Membership Meeting = , scheduled for April 7=E2=80=938, = 2025, in Milwaukee, WI, is shaping up to be another very informative = event. Here=E2=80=99s the latest information on the plenary sessions and = the project briefing line up. Opening Plenary Session CNI Leadership Update AND Paul Evan Peters Memorial Lecture: Lessons = =46rom LOCKSS The opening plenary session will start with an update and discussion of = the CNI leadership transition currently underway, led by Andrew K. Pace, = executive director of the Association of Research Libraries.=20 Following this, we will present the 2025 Paul Evan Peters Award to = Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal, the co-founders of the LOCKSS = (=E2=80=9CLots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe=E2=80=9D) Program at Stanford = University Libraries. They will share their reflections in their Peters = Memorial Lecture, titled =E2=80=9CLessons from LOCKSS.=E2=80=9D Closing Plenary A Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for = Research and Education, and Resilience The closing plenary will be a panel, moderated by CNI=E2=80=99s Clifford = Lynch, featuring panelists Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive), Elisabeth = Long (Johns Hopkins University), and Cheryl Washington (University of = California, Davis); other panelists may be added. It will include = significant time for audience engagement and discussion; our hope is = that this will be the start of a much longer lasting dialog.=20 The intensity and frequency of attacks on information systems and = services seems to be growing without bounds. This is happening across = all sectors of society.=20 The effects of these attacks, as well as our experience with other = recent events such as the COVID pandemic, have given us a new = understanding of the critical roles that archives, repositories, and = scholarly communications systems play as part of the essential = cyberinfrastructure for the research and higher education community (and = indeed beyond far this community). The conversation will explore these questions:=20 The nature of the evolving threat landscape is complex and contains = numerous actors with varying motivations. This includes ransomware, = denial of service attacks, strategic compromise, and aggressive = harvesting, among others. How might we better understand this landscape?=20= Approaches to understanding, documenting, and communicating the costs, = impacts, and implications of breaches, including to the broad public.=20 What collective actions might help our community become more resilient = and secure? For example, is there a need or a role for an Information = Sharing and Analysis Center type organization? What might be done to = facilitate bilateral or multilateral backup and disaster recovery = arrangements? How can funding be generated to help improve security and = resilience? What should be prioritized?=20 Project Briefings We will not hold a lightning round session at this meeting. Instead, = Stony Brook University Dean of Libraries Karim Boughida and Colorado = State University Dean of Libraries Karen Estlund will lead a plenary = open forum to allow attendees to discuss pressing issues and = developments affecting our work. This session will immediately precede = the evening reception on Monday, April 7, and it will not be recorded. There is a strong and varied program of project briefings scheduled. = Please note that the list is still being finalized. You can find the = preliminary list at = https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/project-briefings-s25.=20 We will be sharing more program details, including full session = descriptions and a complete schedule shortly on the meeting website at = https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/ . Along with the entire CNI team, I look forward to seeing many of you in = Milwaukee this April! Clifford Lynch Executive Director, CNI --Apple-Mail=_FA45AB97-D0F7-4596-8E25-800C4A34886A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
The = upcoming CNI Spring = Membership Meeting, scheduled for April 7=E2=80=938, 2025, in = Milwaukee, WI, is shaping up to be another very informative event. = Here=E2=80=99s the latest information on the plenary sessions and the = project briefing line up.

Opening Plenary Session
CNI = Leadership Update AND Paul Evan Peters Memorial Lecture: Lessons =46rom = LOCKSS

The opening plenary session = will start with an update and discussion of the CNI leadership = transition currently underway, led by Andrew K. Pace, executive director = of the Association of Research = Libraries. 

Following this, we will = present the 2025 Paul Evan Peters Award to Victoria Reich and David = Rosenthal, the co-founders of the LOCKSS (=E2=80=9CLots of Copies Keep = Stuff Safe=E2=80=9D) Program at Stanford University Libraries. They will = share their reflections in their Peters Memorial Lecture, titled = =E2=80=9CLessons from LOCKSS.=E2=80=9D

Closing Plenary
A Conversation on = Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education, = and Resilience

The closing plenary = will be a panel, moderated by CNI=E2=80=99s Clifford Lynch, featuring = panelists Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive), Elisabeth Long (Johns = Hopkins University), and Cheryl Washington (University of California, = Davis); other panelists may be added. It will include significant time = for audience engagement and discussion; our hope is that this will be = the start of a much longer lasting = dialog. 

The intensity and frequency of = attacks on information systems and services seems to be growing without = bounds. This is happening across all sectors of = society. 

The effects of these attacks, as = well as our experience with other recent events such as the COVID = pandemic, have given us a new understanding of the critical roles that = archives, repositories, and scholarly communications systems play as = part of the essential cyberinfrastructure for the research and higher = education community (and indeed beyond far this = community).

The conversation will explore these = questions: 
  • The nature of = the evolving threat landscape is complex and contains numerous actors = with varying motivations. This includes ransomware, denial of service = attacks, strategic compromise, and aggressive harvesting, among others. = How might we better understand this landscape? 
  • Approaches = to understanding, documenting, and communicating the costs, impacts, and = implications of breaches, including to the broad = public. 
  • What collective actions might help our community = become more resilient and secure? For example, is there a need or a role = for an Information Sharing and Analysis Center type organization? What = might be done to facilitate bilateral or multilateral backup and = disaster recovery arrangements? How can funding be generated to help = improve security and resilience? What should be = prioritized? 

Project Briefings

We will not hold a lightning round = session at this meeting. Instead, Stony Brook University Dean of = Libraries Karim Boughida and Colorado State University Dean of Libraries = Karen Estlund will lead a plenary open forum to allow attendees to = discuss pressing issues and developments affecting our work. This = session will immediately precede the evening reception on Monday, April = 7, and it will not be = recorded.

There is a strong and = varied program of project briefings scheduled. Please note that the list = is still being finalized. You can find the preliminary list at https://= www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/project-briefings-s25. 

=
We will be sharing more program details, including full = session descriptions and a complete schedule shortly on the meeting = website at https://www.cni.org/mm/spring= -2025/ .

Along with the entire CNI = team, I look forward to seeing many of you in Milwaukee this = April!

Clifford = Lynch

Executive Director, = CNI

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