CNI News

From 2020 to 2024 the National Science, Technology and Security Roundtable held over a dozen meetings to gather information on the interactions between research and national security issues. On July 16-17, 2024 the Academies held a Capstone Workshop to … [Read more...]

CNI is moving to a new office, along with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), effective Monday, August 26. The new location will be in the Blake Building at 1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20036. Our phone numbers will remain … [Read more...]

CNI is once again a cooperating organization for The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 24–27, 2024. Full details and the registration link are available on the … [Read more...]

Last week the US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a five year, $67 million investment establishing the Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE). This is a complicated investment involving the University of … [Read more...]

The US National Science Board (NSB)  has just issued a short policy brief framing what it characterizes as dramatic changes in the Science and Engineering Landscape and setting up a discussion of new policies and strategies for funding, international … [Read more...]

arXiv, which has been doing some very important and innovative work to improve the accessibility of scholarly preprints (particularly in subjects like mathematics and computer science), is hosting a wide-ranging free forum on accessibility for scientific … [Read more...]

I’m pleased to share the post below announcing that registration is now open for the Digital Library Federation’s Virtual Forum. There’s a great lineup planned (see the program at https://www.conftool.pro/virtualforum2024/sessions.php), and as a virtual … [Read more...]

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued an important memo to heads of federal research agencies  late last week establishing guidelines for research security programs, including a definition of the institutions that these … [Read more...]

I am pleased to announce registration availability and program information for the Designing Libraries Conference, which will be held at NC State University on October 27-29, 2024. For many years, the conference has reached capacity and we’ve had to … [Read more...]