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📣 #IDCC27 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from February, 9–12, 2027!
The conference theme is FAIR DO’s: Centring People in the Stewardship and Curation of Digital Objects, which acknowledges the crucial role of people in the work of making digital objects FAIR. ➡️ https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc27
Tomorrow (May 1): Join Brown University for "Forging the Future of Digital Scholarship: People, Projects, Priorities"—a one-day symposium (in-person & virtual) exploring community-engaged research, AI in #DigitalScholarship, multimodal publishing, and more.
Keynote by Brett Bobley, advisor for Schmidt Sciences' Humanities & AI Virtual Institute grant program and former founding director of NEH's Office of Digital Humanities 🔗 https://events.brown.edu/event/328468-forging-the-future-of-digital-scholarship-people
CNI is delighted to sponsor the next Designing Libraries Conference, along with NC State University Libraries and Tom Hickerson, hosted by University of Pittsburgh on October 18-20, 2026.
Visit the website to sign up to receive an alert when registration opens: https://library.pitt.edu/designinglibraries
Attendees will tour the renovated Hillman Library and learn about new and expanded programs in the LEED Platinum facility, in addition to dynamic program highlighting a variety of institutional projects.
"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/
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.
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
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
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.
📆 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/
