Access & Equity
CNI is strongly committed to addressing issues regarding ethics, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility throughout its work. These issues are appearing in a variety of complex, and sometimes surprising, contexts, ranging from the ways in which we choose to document the present (including traditionally undocumented or poorly documented communities); the ways in which we preserve, present, and contextualize the records of the past; the decisions about how we collect, use and preserve personal and community information, particularly involving students and research subjects; the balance between the integrity of the historical record and the right to be forgotten; the language and terminology that we use for description and discovery of information; the incorporation of accessibility in our content resources and information systems; and the use of new technologies such as machine learning for large-scale decision-making or information delivery. Examples of how these issues are highlighted at our meetings and in our work are collocated within this topic.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
Designing Libraries for the 21st Century: Principles, Trends, and Innovations (November '22)Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information View more information
Post-Pandemic Strategic Planning: Challenges and Approaches (April '21)
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Opening Plenary Fall 2020: Clifford Lynch (December '20)
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“Managing the Cultural Record in the Information Warfare Era” (October '18)
Author: Clifford A. Lynch View more information
Research Library Roles & Collaborations, Stewardship of the Cultural Record, Scholarly Communications and More (December '16)
Speaker: Clifford Lynch
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Scott Walter, San Diego State University
James Frazee, San Diego State University
EJ Sobo, San Diego State University
Abir Mohamed, San Diego State University
Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good (Lightning Round) (March '24)
Chris Prom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom: An Organic Funding Model To Incubate Library Transformation (Lightning Round) (March '24)
Zhiwu Xie, University of California Riverside
Peter Brantley, University of California, Davis
Emily Singley, Elsevier
Leo Lo, University of New Mexico
Elias Tzoc, Clemson University
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Recent Videos
2024 State of Open Infrastructure: Trends in Characteristics, Funding, Governance, Adoption, and Policy (May '24)Gail Steinhart, Invest in Open Infrastructure View more information
Using Machine-Learning Systems to Improve Collections Development and Services (May '24)
Boaz Nadav Manes, Lehigh University
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards Organization
Carolyn Morris, Ingram
Filip Jakobsen, Samhæng
Sebastian Hammer, President, Index Data View more information
Accessibility in Research: HTML Papers on arXiv (February '24)
Shamsi Brinn, arXiv
A. Jonathan R. Godfrey, Massey University of New Zealand View more information
Collaborative Vocabulary Building with the YAMZ.net Metadictionary (February '24)
John Kunze, Drexel University View more information
Strategic Plan 2.0: A Digitally-Infused Strategic Plan for the Library of Congress (February '24)
Leah Weinryb Grohsgal, Library of Congress
Natalie Buda Smith, Library of Congress
Carly Morse, Library of Congress View more information
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Recent Podcasts
Facing Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation: The Research Library’s Role and Georgetown University’s Experience (December '17) K. Matthew Dames, Georgetown UniversityMelissa Levine, University of Michigan View more information
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