X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.25a (ClamAV 1.4.2/27743) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=simple/simple; d=cni.org; s=mail; bh=6uwd9w2xpdG0hj/Yx1GdXARzP0FUuPgv88CzOZMjpOI=; h=Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:From:Message-ID:Date:To:Sender; b=mnVoBKA +U03MWH5o82PcO8GgqGfuC2sTKZ3O32dtxPwBkNRkYaBq6eSxS1B+gjStepYPPAMiSPb3jSznWH1D oyF0HK+s5qNeVo/S+Qt+e2Gd/493DlxK5W7zLLJHkBLSrrUVfAR2MArSdvmo1u/XUVw4Hm9CLiKP2 XnQxulInyg= Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:24:59 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [97.116.167.194] (account paige@cni.org HELO smtpclient.apple) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 7.1.10) with ESMTPSA id 43660980 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:21:53 -0400 From: Paige Pope Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_58676A81-9195-4310-A1F9-F00FB627EAFE" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.700.6.1.21\)) Subject: Edition Guide: CNI Summer 2025 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series X-Original-Message-Id: <3F6AED85-ED70-4897-8754-D2BC0443E6D5@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:21:17 -0400 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.700.6.1.21) --Apple-Mail=_58676A81-9195-4310-A1F9-F00FB627EAFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Edition Guide Coalition for Networked Information Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Summer 2025 We invite you to explore the summer 2025 edition = of CNI=E2=80=99s = Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. This collection comprises = contributions covering a range of topics, including open infrastructure, = digital literacy, identity management, and more. Several sessions report on community-driven efforts to examine how = emerging technologies and external pressures are shaping the research = and higher education ecosystem. A video from Ithaka S+R overviews the Making Artificial Intelligence = (AI) Generative for Higher Education = = project, which brought together 18 higher education institutions to = explore how generative AI is impacting teaching, learning, and research. = The presentation highlights the findings, which illuminate AI adoption = patterns, the challenges instructors and researchers are facing, and = related support needs; it serves as a follow-on to a lightning round = presented at CNI's spring 2023 meeting. AI Bots and Repositories=E2=80=94Results and Next Steps from COAR Survey = overviews a recent = Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) survey to better = understand the impact of the growing number of AI bots and crawlers, = which in some cases cause service disruptions in repositories and other = scholarly communications infrastructures. The presentation provides a = summary of the findings and discusses next steps. As policy shifts threatened federal research funding and disrupted = agencies central to the knowledge ecosystem, Invest in Open = Infrastructure (IOI) conducted a poll to gauge the impact of these = changes on open infrastructures and to identify emerging patterns. = IOI=E2=80=99s Katherine Skinner discusses the findings in Vital Open = Infrastructures in a Volatile Moment = , and explores key questions, including how different = stakeholder communities are experiencing and responding to these = pressures. Dryad, an open source platform for publishing research data, has long = struggled to set a fee structure that balances costs with partner needs. = In 2024, it convened a multi-stakeholder group to advise on fee = development. A Community-designed Plan for Sustaining Open Data = Infrastructure = details the process, fee model decisions, and = broader implications for funding open infrastructure and repositories. Representing Researchers in the Library Linked Data Environment: A Case = Study of ORCID Users at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) = reports on a = study that explored Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) usage at = UTK for research support and library catalog metadata. =20 Scaling Digital Literacy in Nigeria: Kolibri's Journey = describes a University at Buffalo Libraries = collaboration with the Enugu Ministry of Education to provide digital = literacy staff training, curriculum development, offline digital = resources, and open access educational content in low-connectivity = environments using Kolibri, an offline, open=E2=80=91source learning = platform.=20 CNI Paul Evan Peters scholarship recipient Adam Berkowitz discusses = current trends in AI ethics literature in What=E2=80=99s Missing in AI = Ethics Literature = . Berkowitz notes a lack of engagement with frameworks in = moral philosophy and discusses why this approach can be problematic. We thank the presenters for sharing their work with our community; = please contact them directly with questions or comments about their = projects. More videos from CNI, including those from our recent Spring = 2025 Membership Meeting = , are available at cni.org , = and on our YouTube = and Vimeo = channels. --Apple-Mail=_58676A81-9195-4310-A1F9-F00FB627EAFE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Edition Guide
Coalition for Networked = Information
Pre-Recorded Project = Briefing Series
Summer = 2025

We invite = you to explore the summer 2025 = edition of CNI=E2=80=99s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. = This collection comprises contributions covering a range of topics, = including open infrastructure, digital literacy, identity management, = and more.

Several sessions report on = community-driven efforts to examine how emerging technologies and = external pressures are shaping the research and higher education = ecosystem.
  • A video from Ithaka = S+R overviews the Making Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generative for Higher = Education project, which brought together 18 higher = education institutions to explore how generative AI is impacting = teaching, learning, and research. The presentation highlights the = findings, which illuminate AI adoption patterns, the challenges = instructors and researchers are facing, and related support needs; it = serves as a follow-on to a lightning round presented at CNI's spring = 2023 meeting.
  • AI Bots and = Repositories=E2=80=94Results and Next Steps from COAR = Survey overviews a recent Confederation of Open Access = Repositories (COAR) survey to better understand the impact of the = growing number of AI bots and crawlers, which in some cases cause = service disruptions in repositories and other scholarly communications = infrastructures. The presentation provides a summary of the findings and = discusses next steps.
  • As policy shifts threatened federal = research funding and disrupted agencies central to the knowledge = ecosystem, Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) conducted a poll to gauge = the impact of these changes on open infrastructures and to identify = emerging patterns. IOI=E2=80=99s Katherine Skinner discusses the = findings in Vital Open Infrastructures in a Volatile = Moment, and explores key questions, including how different = stakeholder communities are experiencing and responding to these = pressures.

Dryad, an open source = platform for publishing research data, has long struggled to set a fee = structure that balances costs with partner needs. In 2024, it convened a = multi-stakeholder group to advise on fee development. A Community-designed Plan for = Sustaining Open Data Infrastructure details the process, = fee model decisions, and broader implications for funding open = infrastructure and repositories.

Represen= ting Researchers in the Library Linked Data Environment: A Case Study of = ORCID Users at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville = (UTK) reports on a study that explored Open Researcher and = Contributor ID (ORCID) usage at UTK for research support and library = catalog metadata.    

Scaling Digital Literacy in Nigeria: = Kolibri's Journey describes a University at Buffalo = Libraries collaboration with the Enugu Ministry of Education to provide = digital literacy staff training, curriculum development, offline digital = resources, and open access educational content in low-connectivity = environments using Kolibri, an offline, open=E2=80=91source learning = platform. 

CNI Paul Evan Peters = scholarship recipient Adam Berkowitz discusses current trends in AI = ethics literature in What=E2=80=99s Missing in AI Ethics = Literature. Berkowitz notes a lack of engagement with frameworks = in moral philosophy and discusses why this approach can be = problematic.

We thank the presenters for = sharing their work with our community; please contact them directly with = questions or comments about their projects. More videos from CNI, = including those from our recent Spring 2025 Membership Meeting, are = available at cni.org, and on = our YouTube and Vimeo channels.

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