X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.4.2/27594) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=iONnXfxcM8a+D2Tu2YeWsWt68InvivNnFdhYt0/r4Vc=; h=Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:From:Message-ID:Date:To:Sender; b=k4HLfoe 80Cbbt6PU5q9VEdepQtBHtuDnDWiwRq2wb81sWIi7sRewWd1YI9mGo7n9ZJ8U+1lRoZN9+7KwQBp1 DVYuJxx9qHO4/5NRcG6/snV0IaR2xewyDIy3+57NKdxCa3VOSta1datf8TcMkXEX3hVCnqmEaRKQl MFoLWLAmQ0= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:46:59 -0400 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 43238753 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:45:39 -0400 From: Clifford Lynch Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_59BDECC8-CA6F-4A00-961C-09F73B1A4C1F" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.700.6\)) Subject: Meeting Roadmap: A Guide to the Spring 2025 CNI Meeting X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:44:51 -0400 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.700.6) --Apple-Mail=_59BDECC8-CA6F-4A00-961C-09F73B1A4C1F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Meeting Roadmap A Guide to the Spring 2025 Coalition for Networked Information Membership Meeting The Spring 2025 CNI Membership Meeting, to be held at the Hyatt Regency = Milwaukee on April 7-8, 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 breakout sessions focusing on = current issues in digital information and technologies. This will also be a CNI meeting unlike any other. I won=E2=80=99t be = there for my own meeting =E2=80=93 what I expect will be my final = meeting as CNI Executive Director! I would never have imagined when announcing my retirement in summer = 2024, that I=E2=80=99d find myself in my current situation. As some of = you know, I started having serious respiratory problems in late 2024. = They put me on supplemental oxygen in February 2025. I had a major = physical collapse on Tuesday, March 18, and, much to everybody=E2=80=99s = amazement, was still alive in the intensive care unit at a hospital near = my home on March 19. The hospital discharged me about a week ago.=20 Basically, I need supplemental oxygen at all times, and I don=E2=80=99t = have much stamina. I=E2=80=99m not very mobile. Intellectually I=E2=80=99m= fine, reading, talking, watching video, and similar things. After = considerable discussion I=E2=80=99ve concluded that I=E2=80=99m = physically unable to make the trip and attend the meeting; the really = overwhelming issue is making my way around the hotel with portable = oxygen throughout the meeting.=20 The current plan is that I=E2=80=99ll have an opportunity to chat with = people at the Monday reception via Zoom, to participate remotely in the = closing panel, and to listen to the opening plenary and open discussion = before Monday=E2=80=99s reception. So, it falls to me to remotely welcome everyone to Milwaukee, and to = rely on CNI=E2=80=99s amazing team to welcome you on my behalf in = person.=20 It has been wonderful to see so many new faces (as well as familiar = ones!) at our in-person meetings recently. On behalf of the entire = organization, I extend a warm welcome to all those attending CNI for the = first time, and I hope that long-time attendees will help to make them = welcome. On Monday, April 7, the CNI meeting proper will be preceded by = an optional, first-time-attendee introduction and information session at = 11:15 am. Light refreshments will be available for all beginning at = noon; the opening plenary is at 1:00 pm and will be followed by three = rounds of parallel breakout sessions. The day=E2=80=99s sessions will = end with a stand-alone, open forum discussion session on current = national trends, immediately preceding our signature evening reception = which will run until 7:30 pm, where we encourage you to continue the = conversation and connect with old and new colleagues. After the = reception participants can enjoy a wide range of nearby dining options = in downtown Milwaukee. Tuesday, April 8 begins with optional topical discussion tables over = breakfast which will be lightly facilitated. Breakfast discussion tables = provide attendees with an opportunity to engage with each other on = issues for which there is strong community interest. The discussions are = relatively unstructured and the role of facilitator is intended to be = fairly casual; there is no signup and participants are free to come and = go. Rest assured there will still be ample space in the breakfast area = for those who prefer unstructured dining and social opportunities. We = are actively adding discussion topics and facilitators to the program; = tables will be designated by topic in the breakfast dining area.=20 After breakfast, the meeting resumes with three additional rounds of = parallel breakout sessions, a sit-down lunch (provided), one more = parallel breakout round, and the closing session, concluding around 3:30 = pm. We include generous break time for informal networking with = colleagues. The schedule includes leisurely pacing, a modest number of parallel = sessions, and professional recording of most sessions for subsequent = public availability; please note that Monday=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9COpen = Forum on Current National Trends: Discussing Key Issues in Today=E2=80=99s= Environment=E2=80=9D will not be recorded. Furthermore, please continue = to keep in mind that many of the project briefings that would have been = part of the meeting pre-pandemic are now offered as part of our = quarterly releases of video project briefings; see = https://www.cni.org/resources/pbvs for the most recent edition. Project briefing rounds will be 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Our goal is to = provide you with ample opportunities to learn about work that impacts = the community (and potentially connect to projects of interest) while = maintaining a comfortable meeting pace and structure. The CNI meeting program is subject to last-minute changes=E2=80=94don=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 event Sched = (https://cnispring2025mtg.sched.com = ) or on the CNI website (cni.org = ); at the meeting, we=E2=80=99ll also have program hard = copies for those who want them, as well as a physical message board near = registration that will include any last-minute changes.=20 Plenary Sessions The opening plenary session on Monday, April 7, at 1:00 pm, will include = an update on the CNI leadership transition by Association of Research = Libraries (ARL) Executive Director Andrew K. Pace, followed by the = presentation of the Paul Evan Peters Award to LOCKSS (Lots of Copies = Keep Stuff Safe) co-founders Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal. In = their Peters Memorial Lecture =E2=80=9CLessons from LOCKSS,=E2=80=9D the = recipients will look back over their two decades with the LOCKSS = Program, including the evolution of its goals, the development of its = technology, and how this history reveals a set of seductive, persistent = but impractical ideas. We have reserved the end of the first day for an unrecorded, open = discussion, beginning at 5:30 pm. Karim Boughida of Stony Brook = University and Karen Estlund of Colorado State University will lead and = moderate the session, Open Forum on Current National Trends: Discussing = Key Issues in Today=E2=80=99s Environment, which is designed to provide = attendees with an opportunity to openly engage in discussions about = pressing issues affecting the field. The session will be immediately = followed by the Monday evening reception. The closing session (Tuesday, April 8, 2:15 pm) will be =E2=80=9CA = Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for = Research and Education, and Resilience,=E2=80=9D including panelists = Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive), Elisabeth Long (Johns Hopkins = University), and Cheryl Washington (University of California, Davis). = The conversation will explore questions and issues surrounding the = increasing intensity and frequency of attacks on information systems and = services across all sectors of society, and their effects and = implications. More information about the opening and closing sessions is available at = https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/plenary-sessions-s25. Breakout Sessions We offer a great abundance and diversity of material, and I want 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 also expect to make recordings of = the sessions publicly available on our YouTube = and Vimeo = channels. We hope you will share these = resources widely with your communities. Collections, discovery, and access recur as major themes at this = meeting, particularly within the context of emerging technologies: An invited update on the Public Interest Training Commons, by = Northeastern University Library Dean Dan Cohen and Thomas Padilla of the = Authors Alliance, will report on a project announced at CNI=E2=80=99s = fall 2024 meeting. The initiative is focused on developing large-scale, = high-quality artificial intelligence (AI) training data from the = world=E2=80=99s memory organizations to serve the public interest. Speakers from Northwestern University discuss chat-based search and = discovery in =E2=80=9CContinuing the Conversation: Leveraging Generative = AI Tools and Semantic Search for Digital Collections.=E2=80=9D In =E2=80=9CHBS Knowledge: Building a Foundation for AI-Driven = Discovery,=E2=80=9D we will hear about a platform developed by Harvard = Business School that uses a dynamic knowledge graph to enhance the = discovery of sources from across the organization. =E2=80=9CBeyond =E2=80=98This Image May Contain:=E2=80=99 Using Vision = Language Models to Improve Accessibility for Digital Image = Collections=E2=80=9D explores how neural network AI technologies capable = of working with both images and text offer promising tools for improving = access to library collections at scale. A team from the University of Texas at Austin will discuss developing = scripted processes for gathering information about research datasets and = open-source software in =E2=80=9CCompleting the Picture of Institutional = Research Output and Impact: Automating Discovery and Assessment of = Research Data and Software.=E2=80=9D Other breakouts will focus on = various aspects of research data management and support, including = =E2=80=9CSmarter Data Management: AI-Driven Insights and Institutional = Integration in the Machine-Actionable DMPs (MAP) Project,=E2=80=9D on = technical solutions to integrate AI-driven evaluation of data management = plans (DMPs). =E2=80=9CWhat Are We Even Doing Here? Building a Community = of People Working with Data,=E2=80=9D will provide an overview of a Data = Curation Network project to develop a data curation training curriculum = for information professionals and data stewards. Collaboration and partnership models will be explored in several = sessions: In =E2=80=9CWashington University Libraries and the Digital Intelligence = and Innovation Accelerator (DI2): Partnering in Digital = Transformation,=E2=80=9D representatives from both the Library and the = DI2 unit will discuss the partnership between the departments and = describe several projects resulting from their collaboration. An innovative model that is positioning the Library to move deeper into = research support across the university is explored in =E2=80=9CYale = Library Governance and Technical Infrastructure to Fuel Innovation.=E2=80=9D= =20 =E2=80=9CCultivating Collaborative Library Scholars: A = Multi-Institutional Professional Development Initiative=E2=80=9D reports = outcomes from an initiative among research libraries and iSchools aimed = at strengthening academic libraries=E2=80=99 role as research partners = and promoting library and information science research collaborations. John Chodacki of the California Digital Library will describe a project = designed to provide a unified, scalable approach to the problems = surrounding the growing amount of research metadata built on persistent = identifiers in =E2=80=9CThe Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce = (COMET): Uniting Stakeholders for Collaborative Metadata Enrichment.=E2=80= =9D Panelists from Cornell and Stanford will discuss open licenses or = declarations for metadata in the session =E2=80=9CWhy Open Library = Metadata?=E2=80=9D (the speakers will also host a breakfast discussion = on this topic). In =E2=80=9CArtificial Intelligence for Transcription = and Metadata in Special Collections,=E2=80=9D we will hear reports on = projects from three different institutions on this topic. A number of briefings will focus on developments in digital preservation = and curation: In =E2=80=9CSafeguarding Audiovisual Data,=E2=80=9D a panel including = the Internet Archive=E2=80=99s Brewster Kahle, Peter Kaufman of MIT, and = David Rowntree of the University of Hawaii will discuss protecting = important audiovisual materials. George Oates of the Flickr Foundation will present a tool for preserving = huge quantities of images in =E2=80=9CPreserving Billions of Photos? Try = Data Lifeboat.=E2=80=9D A panel will discuss how community-owned and -led digital infrastructure = can, and should, incorporate contingencies for sunsetting into = sustainability planning in =E2=80=9CMetaArchive Across Its Life Cycle: = Change and Resilience in the Digital Preservation Ecosystem.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CReconsidering Digital Ecosystems for Curation=E2=80=9D includes = presentations from three organizations on their respective digital = content strategies. Issues related to teaching and learning will be featured in =E2=80=9CStudi= o X: =46rom Vision to Impact-Advancing Extended Reality Research and = Education,=E2=80=9D which will discuss how the University of Rochester = Libraries has lowered barriers to extended reality access and expanded = research support. A panel including library leaders will highlight how = their institutions advance AI literacy initiatives in =E2=80=9CArtificial = Intelligence Literacy: Building Competency, Confidence, and = Collaboration.=E2=80=9D=20 I invite you to browse the complete list of breakout sessions and their = full abstracts on the CNI website: = https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/project-briefings-s25. In many cases, = you will find pointers to reference material that you may find useful to = explore before the session, and after the meeting, we will add material = from the actual presentations, including video recordings, if and when = they are available. Additionally, we offer a rich and varied assortment of breakfast = discussion topics; we are holding open topic proposals until the last = minute in order to accommodate any late-breaking news. Consult = https://cnispring2025mtg.sched.com/event/1yJna/breakfast-including-discuss= ion-tables?iframe=3Dno for the most up-to-date list of offerings. The entire CNI team looks forward to welcoming you to Milwaukee for what = promises to be another extremely worthwhile meeting. Please contact me = (cliff@cni.org ) or Assistant Executive Director = Diane Goldenberg-Hart (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=_59BDECC8-CA6F-4A00-961C-09F73B1A4C1F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Meeting = Roadmap
A Guide to the Spring 2025
Coalition for = Networked Information Membership = Meeting

The Spring 2025 CNI = Membership Meeting, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee on = April 7-8, 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 breakout sessions focusing on = current issues in digital information and = technologies.

This will also be a CNI meeting = unlike any other. I won=E2=80=99t be there for my own meeting =E2=80=93= what I expect will be my final meeting as CNI Executive = Director!

I would never have imagined when = announcing my retirement in summer 2024, that I=E2=80=99d find myself in = my current situation. As some of you know, I started having serious = respiratory problems in late 2024. They put me on supplemental oxygen in = February 2025. I had a major physical collapse on Tuesday, March 18, = and, much to everybody=E2=80=99s amazement, was still alive in the = intensive care unit at a hospital near my home on March 19. The hospital = discharged me about a week = ago. 

Basically, I need supplemental = oxygen at all times, and I don=E2=80=99t have much stamina. I=E2=80=99m = not very mobile. Intellectually I=E2=80=99m fine, reading, talking, = watching video, and similar things. After considerable discussion I=E2=80=99= ve concluded that I=E2=80=99m physically unable to make the trip and = attend the meeting; the really overwhelming issue is making my way = around the hotel with portable oxygen throughout the = meeting. 

The current plan is that I=E2=80=99= ll have an opportunity to chat with people at the Monday reception via = Zoom, to participate remotely in the closing panel, and to listen to the = opening plenary and open discussion before Monday=E2=80=99s = reception.

So, it falls to me to remotely = welcome everyone to Milwaukee, and to rely on CNI=E2=80=99s amazing team = to welcome you on my behalf in person. 

It = has been wonderful to see so many new faces (as well as familiar ones!) = at our in-person meetings recently. On behalf of the entire = organization, I extend a warm welcome to all those attending CNI for the = first time, and I hope that long-time attendees will help to make them = welcome. On Monday, April 7, the CNI meeting proper will be = preceded by an optional, first-time-attendee introduction and = information session at 11:15 am. Light refreshments will be = available for all beginning at noon; the opening plenary is at 1:00 pm = and will be followed by three rounds of parallel breakout sessions. The = day=E2=80=99s sessions will end with a stand-alone, open forum = discussion session on current national trends, immediately preceding = our signature evening reception which will run until 7:30 pm, where we = encourage you to continue the conversation and connect with old and new = colleagues. After the reception participants can enjoy a wide range of = nearby dining options in downtown = Milwaukee.

Tuesday, April 8 begins with = optional topical discussion tables over breakfast which will be = lightly facilitated. Breakfast discussion tables provide attendees with = an opportunity to engage with each other on issues for which there is = strong community interest. The discussions are relatively unstructured = and the role of facilitator is intended to be fairly casual; there is no = signup and participants are free to come and go. Rest assured there will = still be ample space in the breakfast area for those who prefer = unstructured dining and social opportunities. We are actively adding = discussion topics and facilitators to the program; tables will be = designated by topic in the breakfast dining = area. 

After breakfast, the meeting = resumes with three additional rounds of parallel breakout sessions, a = sit-down lunch (provided), one more parallel breakout round, and the = closing session, concluding around 3:30 pm. We include generous break = time for informal networking with = colleagues.

The schedule includes leisurely = pacing, a modest number of parallel sessions, and professional recording = of most sessions for subsequent public availability; please note that = Monday=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9COpen Forum on Current National Trends: = Discussing Key Issues in Today=E2=80=99s Environment=E2=80=9D will = not be recorded. Furthermore, please continue to keep in mind = that many of the project briefings that would have been part of the = meeting pre-pandemic are now offered as part of our quarterly releases = of video project briefings; see https://www.cni.org/resources/= pbvs for the most recent = edition.

Project briefing rounds will be 30, = 45, or 60 minutes. Our goal is to provide you with ample opportunities = to learn about work that impacts the community (and potentially connect = to projects of interest) while maintaining a comfortable meeting pace = and structure.

The CNI meeting program is = subject to last-minute changes=E2=80=94don=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 event Sched (https://cnispring2025mtg.sched= .com) or on the CNI website (cni.org); at the meeting, we=E2=80=99ll also = have program hard copies for those who want them, as well as a physical = message board near registration that will include any last-minute = changes. 

Plenary = Sessions

The opening plenary = session on Monday, April 7, at 1:00 pm, will include an update on the = CNI leadership transition by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) = Executive Director Andrew K. Pace, followed by the presentation of the = Paul Evan Peters Award to LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) = co-founders Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal. In their Peters = Memorial Lecture =E2=80=9CLessons from LOCKSS,=E2=80=9D the recipients = will look back over their two decades with the LOCKSS Program, including = the evolution of its goals, the development of its technology, and how = this history reveals a set of seductive, persistent but impractical = ideas.

We have reserved the end of the first = day for an unrecorded, open discussion, beginning at 5:30 pm. = Karim Boughida of Stony Brook University and Karen Estlund of Colorado = State University will lead and moderate the session, Open Forum on = Current National Trends: Discussing Key Issues in Today=E2=80=99s = Environment, which is designed to provide attendees with an = opportunity to openly engage in discussions about pressing issues = affecting the field. The session will be immediately followed by the = Monday evening reception.

The closing = session (Tuesday, April 8, 2:15 pm) will be =E2=80=9CA = Conversation on Cybersecurity, Essential Cyberinfrastructure for = Research and Education, and Resilience,=E2=80=9D including panelists = Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive), Elisabeth Long (Johns Hopkins = University), and Cheryl Washington (University of California, Davis). = The conversation will explore questions and issues surrounding the = increasing intensity and frequency of attacks on information systems and = services across all sectors of society, and their effects and = implications.

More information about the = opening and closing sessions is available at https://w= ww.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/plenary-sessions-s25.

Breakout Sessions

We offer a = great abundance and diversity of material, and I want 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 also expect to make recordings of the = sessions publicly available on our YouTube and <= a href=3D"https://vimeo.com/channels/cni">Vimeo channels. We = hope you will share these resources widely with your = communities.

Collections, discovery, and = access recur as major themes at this meeting, particularly within = the context of emerging technologies:
  • An invited update on the Public Interest = Training Commons, by Northeastern University Library Dean Dan Cohen and = Thomas Padilla of the Authors Alliance, will report on a project = announced at CNI=E2=80=99s fall 2024 meeting. The initiative is focused = on developing large-scale, high-quality artificial intelligence (AI) = training data from the world=E2=80=99s memory organizations to serve the = public interest.
  • Speakers from Northwestern University discuss = chat-based search and discovery in =E2=80=9CContinuing the Conversation: = Leveraging Generative AI Tools and Semantic Search for Digital = Collections.=E2=80=9D
  • In =E2=80=9CHBS Knowledge: Building a = Foundation for AI-Driven Discovery,=E2=80=9D we will hear about a = platform developed by Harvard Business School that uses a dynamic = knowledge graph to enhance the discovery of sources from across the = organization.
  • =E2=80=9CBeyond =E2=80=98This Image May = Contain:=E2=80=99 Using Vision Language Models to Improve Accessibility = for Digital Image Collections=E2=80=9D explores how neural network AI = technologies capable of working with both images and text offer = promising tools for improving access to library collections at = scale.

A team from the University of = Texas at Austin will discuss developing scripted processes for gathering = information about research datasets and open-source software in = =E2=80=9CCompleting the Picture of Institutional Research Output and = Impact: Automating Discovery and Assessment of Research Data and = Software.=E2=80=9D Other breakouts will focus on various aspects of = research data management and support, including =E2=80=9CSmarter = Data Management: AI-Driven Insights and Institutional Integration in the = Machine-Actionable DMPs (MAP) Project,=E2=80=9D on technical solutions = to integrate AI-driven evaluation of data management plans (DMPs). = =E2=80=9CWhat Are We Even Doing Here? Building a Community of People = Working with Data,=E2=80=9D will provide an overview of a Data Curation = Network project to develop a data curation training curriculum for = information professionals and data = stewards.

Collaboration and partnership = models will be explored in several sessions:
  • In =E2=80=9CWashington University Libraries = and the Digital Intelligence and Innovation Accelerator (DI2): = Partnering in Digital Transformation,=E2=80=9D representatives = from both the Library and the DI2 unit will discuss the partnership = between the departments and describe several projects resulting from = their collaboration.
  • An innovative model that is positioning the = Library to move deeper into research support across the = university is explored in =E2=80=9CYale Library Governance and = Technical Infrastructure to Fuel = Innovation.=E2=80=9D 
  • =E2=80=9CCultivating Collaborative = Library Scholars: A Multi-Institutional Professional Development = Initiative=E2=80=9D reports outcomes from an initiative among research = libraries and iSchools aimed at strengthening academic libraries=E2=80=99 = role as research partners and promoting library and information = science research = collaborations.

John Chodacki of = the California Digital Library will describe a project designed to = provide a unified, scalable approach to the problems surrounding the = growing amount of research metadata built on persistent identifiers in = =E2=80=9CThe Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET): = Uniting Stakeholders for Collaborative Metadata Enrichment.=E2=80=9D = Panelists from Cornell and Stanford will discuss open licenses or = declarations for metadata in the session =E2=80=9CWhy Open Library = Metadata?=E2=80=9D (the speakers will also host a breakfast discussion = on this topic). In =E2=80=9CArtificial Intelligence for Transcription = and Metadata in Special Collections,=E2=80=9D we will hear reports on = projects from three different institutions on this = topic.

A number of briefings will focus on = developments in digital preservation and curation:
  • In =E2=80=9CSafeguarding Audiovisual Data,=E2=80= =9D a panel including the Internet Archive=E2=80=99s Brewster Kahle, = Peter Kaufman of MIT, and David Rowntree of the University of Hawaii = will discuss protecting important audiovisual materials.
  • George = Oates of the Flickr Foundation will present a tool for preserving huge = quantities of images in =E2=80=9CPreserving Billions of Photos? Try Data = Lifeboat.=E2=80=9D
  • A panel will discuss how community-owned and = -led digital infrastructure can, and should, incorporate contingencies = for sunsetting into sustainability planning in =E2=80=9CMetaArchive = Across Its Life Cycle: Change and Resilience in the Digital Preservation = Ecosystem.=E2=80=9D
  • =E2=80=9CReconsidering Digital Ecosystems = for Curation=E2=80=9D includes presentations from three organizations on = their respective digital content = strategies.

Issues related to = teaching and learning will be featured in =E2=80=9CStudio X: =46rom= Vision to Impact-Advancing Extended Reality Research and Education,=E2=80= =9D which will discuss how the University of Rochester Libraries has = lowered barriers to extended reality access and expanded research = support. A panel including library leaders will highlight how their = institutions advance AI literacy initiatives in =E2=80=9CArtificial= Intelligence Literacy: Building Competency, Confidence, and = Collaboration.=E2=80=9D 

I invite you to = browse the complete list of breakout sessions and their full abstracts = on the CNI website: https://= www.cni.org/mm/spring-2025/project-briefings-s25. In many cases, you = will find pointers to reference material that you may find useful to = explore before the session, and after the meeting, we will add material = from the actual presentations, including video recordings, if and when = they are available.

Additionally, we offer a = rich and varied assortment of breakfast discussion topics; we are = holding open topic proposals until the last minute in order to = accommodate any late-breaking news. Consult https://cnispring2025mtg.sched.com/event/1= yJna/breakfast-including-discussion-tables?iframe=3Dno for the = most up-to-date list of offerings.

The entire = CNI team looks forward to welcoming you to Milwaukee for what promises = to be another extremely worthwhile meeting. Please contact me (cliff@cni.org) or Assistant Executive = Director Diane Goldenberg-Hart (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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