🎊We're now accepting proposals for the CNI Fall 2026 Membership Meeting, taking place in DC this December. Submit by Sept 30. More details at: https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2026/project-briefing-proposals-f26
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Two years of research with 1,000+ students at Harvard University Library revealed that while AI chatbots have become go-to partners for brainstorming and navigating complex topics, students consistently turn to library resources to verify credibility—cross-checking AI-generated content, citations, and reasoning against trusted sources.
Watch the CNI Briefing: https://youtu.be/lNWHjQ-3EVY
In this session from CNI's spring meeting, the IIIF Consortium and Yale University Library share how a new partnership with Allmaps—an open source ecosystem for georeferencing digitized maps—lowers barriers to map discovery and georeferencing for institutions everywhere, unlocking the value of collectively digitized collections. 🗺️
Watch: https://youtu.be/R-6-KWJsbwo
Just announced: CNI Spring 2028, Canada, here we come! 🇨🇦
https://news.cni.org/archive/cni-spring-2028-meeting-vancouver-6111/
🎉 We extend a warm welcome to our two new at-large steering committee members, Patricia Hswe and Michael Vandenburg!
Kate Zwaard, CNI executive director, said, "Their combined experience spanning equitable knowledge access, research libraries, and consortia leadership will strengthen the diversity of thought that guides CNI's work at a pivotal time for our community."
Read the full announcement: https://news.cni.org/archive/hswe-and-vandenburg-named-cnisteering/
The Notre Dame AI Forum is happening again November 16-18, 2026, bringing together strategists and technologists across higher ed to talk through AI adoption, efficiency, and campus education efforts. Early bird registration closes August 31. They're also accepting presenter proposals, including a new workshop-style format this year.
More info: https://ai.nd.edu/participate/ai-forum/
When the Bodleian Libraries faced a real cyberattack threat, they made a hard call: shut down 20 "Specialist Digital Resources" to protect their systems. What happened next revealed hidden communities of researchers who depended on these "legacy" tools—and a strategic push to bring them back safely. Watch this CNI session for lessons on balancing different and at times conflicting user, technological, and security needs, as 13 of the resources return online. 🎥 https://youtu.be/Jjb4XdjBEos
Kluge Fellowships in Digital Studies—Now Accepting Applications
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is offering fellowships for scholars using digital methods (e.g. digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, & digital publishing) to explore the current and future impact of the digital revolution on society, culture, and international relations.
Open to all disciplines — apply by Sept 15, 2026.
At the CNI meeting next week, Manish Parashar, Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute; Inaugural Chief AI Officer; Presidential Professor, University of Utah will deliver the closing plenary: Harnessing the Data Renaissance for Scientific Discovery
He'll explore the critical role of democratizing access to #OpenData and shared #cyberinfrastructure in enabling equitable and responsible data use, and introduce the National Data Platform (NDP). https://www.cni.org/mm/spring-2026/plenary-sessions-s26
The CNI Spring Member Meeting schedule has been announced, packed with speakers and sessions exploring pressing and emerging issues in digital information. We look forward to living this schedule with our members, speakers, and guests in Salt Lake City in just a few short weeks⛰️
See the schedule at: https://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/upcoming-meeting/spring-2026/schedule-s26
At CNI, a panel of librarians explored different approaches to AI-enabled library search and discovery, including agentic frameworks and natural language queries, discussing the technical and ethical limits of these applications and ways of aligning the tech with higher ed and library values. Watch at: https://youtu.be/rW0X6D_ws0k
Learn about two approaches to handling "open" in this recent CNI presentation: Carnegie Mellon's Open at CMU program and The University of California's Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network: https://youtu.be/gEClsypHM6k
#OpenSource #OSPO #OpenAccess #OpenData #OpenEducation
In the CNI opening plenary, Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal, look back over their two decades with the 🔒 #LOCKSS Program, overviewing the Program’s initial goals, how they evolved as the landscape of academic communication changed, and how the Program’s technology developed.
“Over the centuries, libraries developed a dual role... to provide current readers with access to information, and to safeguard future readers' access.”
Watch at: https://youtu.be/0Mt1T8Pr5_I
In this CNI briefing, Ithaka S+R shares the results from 2025 US Library Deans and Directors Survey, which examined leaders’ perspectives on the library’s core role, governance, key dimensions of strategy and operations, and emerging areas of influence, including #GenAI 🎥 https://youtu.be/idjhL4aeAzU
2026 FAIROS Review Panelist Survey
The FAIROS (NSF 25-533) Program seeks to advance research in #OpenScience and is recruiting panelists for the second round of FAIROS proposals. You can provide your interest to participate in FAIROS review panels by completing the FY2026 FAIROS Review Survey: https://touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/touchpoints/21688518
More info on FAIROS: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/fairos-findable-accessible-interoperable-reusable-open-science
⏳ Reminder: The deadline to apply for the CNI Paul Evan Peters Scholarship is April 24.
Graduate students in information sciences, librarianship, or a related field—this one's for you. Two scholarships available for the 2026–27 academic year.
Learn more → https://www.cni.org/about-cni/awards/pep-scholarship
📆 Save the date: The 30th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries in Faro, Portugal, September 22–25, 2026
TPDL 2026 specifically reaches out to academic researchers and practitioners in #DigitalLibraries in light of new technological advances and the breathtaking speed of technological developments in knowledge extraction, management, and dissemination.
📢 Call for proposals: Submissions due by May 3rd
🔗 Details at: https://tpdl2026.ualg.pt/
📢 Submission deadlines for #IDCC27 Papers and Lightning Talks have been extended to July 24, 2026.
🌐 Check out the Call for Submissions webpage for more information on deadlines, submission formats and proposal templates ⬇️
https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc27/call-for-submissions
That's a wrap on our Spring Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City! 🏔️
Thank you to everyone who joined us this week—your energy, insights, and conversations are what make this community so special. A huge thank you to our speakers for sharing their expertise and sparking discussions.
Session recordings will be available soon—we'll share details as soon as they're ready.
This CNI briefing explores where online learning 💻 is headed, how delivery and operating models are shifting, and what this means for universities, particularly for libraries, which are essential to equitable access and academic success.
Submit a proposal to present at the CNI Fall 2026 Membership Meeting, taking place in DC this December. Anyone is welcome to propose a project briefing—affiliation with a member organization is not required! 📅 Submit by Sept 30
More details at: https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2026/project-briefing-proposals-f26/submit-a-proposal-f26
Mark your calendar for "The Future of AI," Oct. 1–2 at Montana State University. Presented by MSU's Interdisciplinary Institute on AI, the conference brings together MSU experts and guest speakers, including CNI's own Kate Zwaard, to consider what AI means for human knowledge.
Free and open to the public, on campus. Registration required.
📰 Read the story: https://www.montana.edu/news/25467
🖥️ Conference website: https://www.montana.edu/ai/the-future-of-ai/
Applications Open for The Metropolitan Museum of Art Schmidt Sciences Research Scholars in AI & the Humanities.
Deadline: April 15th.
The program supports two postdoc positions exploring how AI can advance research in areas such as museum information, collections data, conservation, etc.
Learn more at: https://www.nyfa.org/jobs/job-info/?id=d8a54474-d3cb-449f-a5b1-91ab4f0b6d3d
Libraries Leading Campus AI: Claiming Our Seat at the Table, the opening plenary at the CNI Spring Meeting, features a framing talk from Rebekah Cummings who argues that library values and expertise make librarians essential participants and natural leaders in the critical conversations shaping AI policy on campuses.
The talk will be followed by a panel of library leaders who are shaping campus AI initiatives & demonstrating what it looks like for libraries to lead.
Elaine Kong and Violeta Duncan are the 2026 recipients of the CNI Paul Evan Peters Scholarship, which honors CNI's founding director and recognizes outstanding scholarship, intellectual rigor, a commitment to civic responsibility and democratic values, & imagination.🎊
Read the announcement: https://news.cni.org/archive/elaine-kong-and-violeta-duncan-scholarship/
CNI Steering Committee member Dan Cohen reflects on what he's anticipating at the upcoming CNI membership meeting next week in Salt Lake City in this CNI Interviews podcast excerpt from @educause@mastodon.social https://youtu.be/yNPiko6QyGQ?si=ePryw0rcs0Iqwhm2
Our summer project briefing edition is live, featuring six community-contributed videos on topics such as #ITGovernance, an in-house repository migration, sustainability and preservation with #Omeka, and highlights from Ithaka S+R's Library Deans and Directors Survey.
📹 Browse and watch at: https://news.cni.org/archive/cni-summer-2026-pre-record-edition/
📽️The slides and recording from the Research Data Alliance (RDA)'s information session "What is Agentic AI" featuring Sayeed Choudhury and CNI/Association of Research Libraries' Natalie Meyers are now available: https://www.rd-alliance.org/events/what-is-agentic-ai-information-session-1/
Registration for AI4LAM’s Fantastic Futures 2026 (September 15–17) is now open to everyone. This international conference, cohosted by Library of Congress and Smithsonian, brings together colleagues from libraries, archives, and museums, to explore how our institutions can adapt to fast-moving technologies while maintaining public trust and fostering collaboration. https://ai4lam.org/fantastic-futures/fantastic-futures-2026-trust-in-the-loop/conference-information/
"Research libraries that treat AI governance, workforce development, and
collection strategy as integrated priorities will be best positioned to lead their
institutions through an uncertain but consequential decade and to shape what research libraries become by 2035."
Read the full ARL/CNI report, Strategic Implications of AI Futures for Research Libraries: Workshop Report, by Karen Estlund and Cynthia Hudson Vitale: https://www.arl.org/news/arl-and-cni-release-report-on-strategic-implications-of-ai-futures-for-research-libraries/
The Call for Proposals for the virtual DLF Forum, taking place online October 14-15, is open🎉 https://forum2026.diglib.org/call-for-proposals/
DLF welcomes submissions from all sectors, backgrounds, and career stages. Share your insights in digital libraries, cultural heritage, education, pedagogy, and more.
The CNI Paul Evan Peters Scholarship honors the legacy of a leader who believed in the power of digital information to transform scholarship and public life. Every two years, we award scholarships to graduate students carrying that vision forward.
Applications for 2026 are open to doctoral and master's students in information sciences, librarianship, or a closely related field.
📅 Deadline: April 24 at 11:59 p.m. ET
🔗 Learn more and apply: https://www.cni.org/about-cni/awards/pep-scholarship
The J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah developed the Marriott Reparative Metadata Assessment Tool (MaRMAT), an open source application that assesses tabular metadata against lexicons, flagging potentially harmful terminology.
Since their CNI presentation they've announced the latest tool release packed with enhancements including updated lexicons, 💻 standalone desktop apps, 🎨 and data visualizations
https://www.marmatproject.org/
📹 CNI presentation https://youtu.be/8DG4TZingzw?si=Jj3yvOXhVuvautby
The Ecosystem for Research Networking Summit 2026: Beyond Resources: Integrating AI, Quantum, and the Workforce of the Future will take place on April 22, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. ET.
Register for the free virtual conference by Friday, April 17: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewZ1mi4vNqiUNyL7Jmb3ZKLcQphjF4Pp88Vu_9WmbnRztP6g/viewform?usp=header
Access the full agenda at: https://ern.ci/ern-summit-2026/
NDSA and the DigiPres Planning Committee announced that registration is open for this year’s virtual conference taking place Nov 4-5. The conference highlights the theory and practice of digital stewardship and preservation, data curation, the digital object lifecycle, etc. The theme, “Striking a Balance: Optimizing Labor for Sustainability and Resilience,” will explore how digital preservation professionals approach, manage, and perform labor across diverse scenarios. 🔗 https://ndsa.org/conference/
The Research Data Alliance 27th Plenary Meeting in London this October brings researchers, data scientists, and infrastructure builders to the Kia Oval for three days of shaping a global open research commons. Early Bird registration ends Aug 27. 🎟️ : https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/p27/registration-p27/
#RDAPlenary27
How can libraries tackle digital accessibility at scale? In this CNI lightning talk, Cory Tressler from Ohio State University Libraries walks through their cost-effective workflow for using LLMs and the development of a digital accessibility tool to generate alt text for documents and images—making collections more accessible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q43MlCVcttY&t=522s
The National Endowment for the Humanities new Collections Stewardship grant program is accepting applications. Deadline to apply is May 11, 2026. Learn more at https://neh.gov/grants.
New Association of Research Libraries and CNI Report: Strategic Implications of AI Futures for #ResearchLibraries: Workshop Report, written by Karen Estlund and Cynthia Hudson Vitale from the workshop, Futurescape Libraries: Mapping Possibilities for Tomorrow’s Information Hubs.
Read the report:
https://www.arl.org/news/arl-and-cni-release-report-on-strategic-implications-of-ai-futures-for-research-libraries/
📆 Save the date: Open Repositories will return in person in 2027 and the conference will take place in Salvador, Brazil, June 6-10, 2027: https://or2027.openrepositories.org/
As a cooperating organization, we'll continue to share updates, including the call for proposals and registration!