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CNI Director Clifford Lynch Announces June 2025 Retirement “I have been the Executive Director of CNI since mid-1997; this has genuinely been the role of a lifetime for me, a fantastic opportunity and honor. As a community, I think we can all be proud of what CNI has accomplished and what it has grown to be, and of the value it has brought to all of us. Working with the fantastic CNI staff, the leadership – past and present – of ARL and EDUCAUSE, the (sometimes very long-serving) members of the CNI Steering Committee, and all of you who make up the broader CNI community has been an incredible experience. Thank you.” Read his full announcement at: https://lnkd.in/etz-Xkpc We’ll continue sharing updates on his June 2025 transition to CNI Director Emeritus. Association of Research Libraries EDUCAUSE

🎉 CNI, the Association of Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE are honored to announce that physicist, computer scientist, and computational scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable achievement in the creation and innovative use of network-based information resources and services that advance scholarship and intellectual productivity. CNI Executive Director Clifford Lynch stated, “Tony is a wonderful choice for the Paul Evan Peters Award…it’s remarkable to me how his work and his leadership repeatedly connect with the evolution of networked information—his contributions to high-performance computing, repositories, and scholarly communication, and the rich array of collaborations he established and advanced during his time at Microsoft. And, of course, he edited and highlighted the absolutely foundational Feynman Lectures on Computation…” After a distinguished career, including time at University of Southampton and University of Washington eScience Institute, Tony retired in 2023 as chief data scientist at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), leaving a legacy in physics, high-performance computing, and computer science. Read the full announcement at: https://lnkd.in/eT9UCVG6

We've just released the preliminary list of project briefing sessions for our upcoming Fall 2024 Membership Meeting in DC, featuring presentations on #AI, #ScholComm, #OSPOs, archival data, computational research, and more. Stay tuned for more session details, breakfast discussion tables, and plenary announcements 🍂 See the sessions at https://lnkd.in/eS44s_iV

📢 We are delighted to announce Marta Teperek, Programme Leader FAIR Data, Open Science NL as our keynote speaker for #IDCC25! Marta is actively involved in various national and international organisations playing a key role in setting up the NWO's thematic Digital Competence Centre for Natural and Engineering Sciences and served as the Co-Chair of the FAIR in Practice Task Force within the European Open Science Cloud FAIR working group. Learn more about the speaker announcement and #IDCC25 on our website ⬇ https://lnkd.in/etG9wx2s

Submit your proposal to share a video with the CNI community as part of our winter Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Edition. 📽️ Videos should focus on a timely topic or on a project related to #DigitalInformation. We especially invite briefings on recently published reports, and updates on new or ongoing projects, programs, or organizations that may have reported at CNI in the past. 🕰️ We recommend that these videos run no more than 15-20 minutes 🌎 Anyone may propose a pre-recorded project briefing, including groups/individuals from non-member institutions and organizations. 📆 Deadline for submissions: November 8, 2024 For more details on the program, which is separate from our membership meetings, and the submission process visit: https://lnkd.in/e5b-jAae

Excited to share this podcast that breaks down the complex topic of AI's future impact on research and knowledge!🎧 https://lnkd.in/gRnS--uw As a member of the Association of Research Libraries / Coalition for Networked Information Joint Task Force on Scenario Planning for AI/ML Futures, I contributed to the "ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures" report, which explores four potential scenarios for how AI might develop by 2035: Scenario 1: #Democratized and Socially Integrated AI: AI is responsibly integrated into society, enhancing human capabilities and transforming research. Scenario 2: #Consumer-Oriented AI Focused on Education and Entertainment: AI primarily advances in consumer applications, with limited impact on research. Scenario 3: #Laissez-Faire AI: Hasty and poorly regulated AI adoption leads to missed opportunities and societal problems. Scenario 4: #Autonomous AI: AI becomes increasingly independent, surpassing human capabilities in research and raising ethical questions. This 15 min podcast, generated using Google’s NotebookLM, distills these scenarios into an easy-to-understand format. Give it a listen to learn more about the potential impacts of AI on our future, and feel free to share your thoughts! https://lnkd.in/gRnS--uw #AI #research #knowledge #future #podcast #librarians #highered

Please visit the Call for Proposals page (https://lnkd.in/gkaJyPh9) to learn more about the sub-themes and submission categories of the conference, including a full list of submission templates and key dates for submission deadlines and approvals. The theme for the conference is: Twenty Years of Progress, a Future of Possibilities We particularly welcome proposals aligned to the overall theme, but also on other administrative, organizational, or practical topics related to digital repositories. Submission categories include posters, workshops, lightning talks, papers, and panels. The deadline for submissions is the December 18, 2024 11:59:59 pm CST (GMT-6). We look forward to the vibrant conversations and learning opportunities of the conference! #OpenRepos25

🤲 One of the main aims of IDCC is to bring the digital curation community together from all over the world. With this in mind, we have a range of in-person and virtual tickets available to give more opportunities for colleagues participate in #IDCC25. 🌎 Last year we welcomed over 200 attendees in-person and 69 online with over 30 countries represented across 5 continents. 👋 We are committed to welcoming members of our community from all over the world from all backgrounds to #IDCC25. Learn about our discounted ticket types, from DCC Associate, LMIC and student tickets available for both in-person and virtual participation on our website ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eGmRFW27

🙌Registration is now open for the 19th International Digital Curation Conference (#IDCC25)!       This year's conference takes place at the Madurodam venue in The Hague, Netherlands, 17-19 February 2025.      The theme of IDCC25 this year is Twenty years back, twenty years forward: lessons and directions in digital curation.        A variety of ticket types are available for #IDCC25, including:    ✅Workshop tickets  ✅In person (one or two-day tickets) conference tickets  ✅Virtual conference tickets  ✅Social Events    🎫Take advantage of the limited amount of Early Bird tickets available until 23 November 2024, or until sold out.    Visit the #IDCC25 webpage to access the registration form and more details about ticket types👇   https://lnkd.in/epjvYt6y #DigitalCuration #Events

We are delighted to publish the list of accepted submissions for #IDCC25! This year we received submissions from Asia, Europe, North America, Australia, Africa and South America. Following a review process by our programme committee this year we will have: 📜25 papers  ⚡46 lightning talks  🖼52 posters Thank you to everyone who has contributed to what will be another exciting IDCC programme. The full list of accepted submissions can be viewed on our website ➡ https://lnkd.in/ee-sncJy #digitalcuration #digitalcurationevents #researchevents #datamanagement