Coalition for Networked Information

In the CNI video, "Handling Academic Copyright and Research Questions as the Law Develops" the speakers explore the answers to three different, but often conflated, questions:

1. Is the ingestion of content for training AI copyright infringement?
2. Does the output infringe?
3. To what extent can that output receive copyright protection?

✂️ Three Copyright Issues Implicated by Generative AI 59 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "Handling Academic Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Research Questions...

In the Association of Research Libraries and our Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures report, scenario one is "Democratized and Socially Integrated AI" which overviews "a world in which an extraordinary convergence of advances in human-computer interfaces and AI technologies create an unprecedented integration of human and computational capabilities that flourish with increasingly open knowledge access. AI integrates with humans seamlessly, responsibly, and safely transforming research, knowledge development, collaboration, and communication."

Read all four scenarios and start planning for your library's future at:https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AI-Scenarios.pdf

Introducing our 2024-26 Paul Even Peters PhD scholarship recipient, Adam E. Berkowitz. Adam will enter his second year in the communication and information sciences PhD program at The UA College of Communication and Information Sciences this fall.

His research examines the impact of on human creativity and intellectual property, especially music🎼 ; he has studied automated copyright enforcement systems, algorithmic content recommendation, and music-generating AI systems, and recently he has considered how the spread of AI-generated content will influence cataloging standards and information discovery.

Learn more at: https://www.cni.org/about-cni/awards/pep-scholarship/2024-26-adam-e-berkowitz-and-sofia-isabel-crespo-maldonado

Music Library Association EDUCAUSE Association of Research Libraries

We're delighted to continue as a cooperating organization with the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, , an international forum focused on and the associated technical, practical, & social issues.
This year's conference will take place Sept. 25-27 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Registration Presenters are asked to register. At least one author of accepted papers must register for in-person presentation on the event.

Meet Sofía Isabel Crespo Maldonado, the master’s recipient of our Paul Evan Peters Scholarship. She is pursuing an MS in information security policy & management at Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, and she aspires to make the cybersecurity industry more inclusive and improve data protection by developing user-friendly tools for vulnerable groups.

Read more about Sofía and the scholarship at: https://www.cni.org/news/adam-berkowitz-sofia-isabel-crespo-maldonado-scholarship

Association of Research Libraries EDUCAUSE

Read the Association of Research Libraries and our Final Scenarios Set, featuring potential futures for research libraries and the research enterprise, including:
1. Democratized & Socially Integrated AI
2. Consumer-Oriented AI Focused on Education & Entertainment
3. Laissez-Faire AI
4. Autonomous AI

Learn more about the four scenarios: https://doi.org/10.29242/report.aiscenarios2024

📚✨ Adam E. Berkowitz (UA College of Communication and Information Sciences) and Sofía Isabel Crespo Maldonado (Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy) have been selected as the 2024-26 recipients of our Paul Evan Peters Scholarship, which honors our late founder and recognizes outstanding scholarship, civic responsibility, and imagination in the field of information science, librarianship, and related fields.

Join us in congratulating these exceptional scholars and learn more about their work at: https://www.cni.org/news/adam-berkowitz-sofia-isabel-crespo-maldonado-scholarship

Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE

Curious about what the community had to say about AI-influenced futures for the research environment? Read the "Strategic Context Report," which summarizes community feedback gathered through focus groups and interviews as part of the Deluxe Edition of the Association of Research Libraries/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures.

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ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: Strategic Context - Association of Research Libraries This strategic context report summarizes community feedback gathered through focus groups and interviews about an AI-influenced future for the research environment that were held in winter 2023–24 and spring 2024....

🎙The "Provocateur Interviews" feature forward-thinking dialogues with industry leaders who challenge conventional wisdom and stimulate stretch thinking about an AI-influenced future as part of the Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios.

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Stretching Our Thinking around AI: Provocateur Interviews - Association of Research Libraries Featuring forward-thinking dialogues with industry leaders, these interviews challenge conventional wisdom and stimulate stretch thinking with regards to an AI-influenced future. This report is part of the Deluxe Edition of...

We're delighted to have Augusta University, Taylor & Francis, SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium), and the University of Northern Iowa join the Coalition! We look forward to working with these organizations to advance scholarly communication in the digital research environment. Welcome👋

From launching a pilot of scite to hosting an conference, Elias Tzoc shares Clemson University's initiatives to thoughtfully bring AI to the university community.

Watch the clip ✂️ and full video "Navigating the New Era: The Impact of Generative AI on Information Discovery and Literacy":

✂️ Elias Tzoc overviews Clemson University's initiatives and pilot projects at the CNI spring meeting 59 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "Navigating the New Era: The Impact of Generative AI on Information Discove...

Registration is now open for the Conference, an annual conference that gathers librarians, architects, planners, designers, and information technologists, to be held at NC State University on Oct 27-29, 2024.

Register soon at: https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/designing-libraries-2024

📢We are excited to share the news that the 19th International Digital Curation Conference will be taking place in The Hague, the Netherlands from February 17-19, 2025.

To mark the twenty years since the first IDCC was hosted in Bath in 2005, the conference theme for is Twenty years back, twenty years forward: lessons and directions in digital curation.

The call for submissions is now open for papers, lightning talks and posters:

Papers - are for research or practice work which is suitably advanced, has substantial results, and reflections that would inform the work of the digital curation community.
Lightning Talks - give an opportunity to showcase work in progress or completed projects that you believe offers insights or practical lessons that advance digital curation research or practice.
Posters - offer a great opportunity to showcase and promote your work to the community through images rather than just words, as well as interact with others, gather feedback and exchange ideas.

Learn more about the conference theme and how to be a part of the program at: https://bit.ly/4e2wJPq

We extend a warm welcome to the newest Association of Research Libraries representative serving on our steering committee, Karim Boughida (Stony Brook University).

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Karim Boughida Named ARL Member Representative to CNI Steering Committee - Association of Research Libraries Karim Boughida has been appointed as the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representative to the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee for the 2024–2027 term. Boughida has been dean...

Just released: The Association of Research Libraries and the Coalition for Networked Information's Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures, including:

1. The Final Scenario Set
2. The Strategic Context Report
3. The Provocateur Interview Report

This edition is designed to empower research libraries and organizations across the research enterprise by providing them with the tools and knowledge to anticipate and shape the direction of the research environment in the age of artificial intelligence.

Learn more at: https://www.arl.org/resources/the-arl-cni-2035-scenarios-ai-influenced-futures-in-the-research-environment/

“Linked data…the reason it appeals to us in cultural heritage is because it solves some of our social problems not just our technology,” David Newbury explains the power of 🔗and how Getty uses it in this clip from our spring meeting.

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✂️ David Newbury, Getty, shares how is a technological to a social problem in work at the CNI spring meeting. 60 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "Linked Data in Production: Moving Beyond Ontologies" by CNI: Coalition for...

Curious to learn how and are reshaping and redefining aspects of scholarship, education, and the research enterprise? We've pulled together a collection of recent videos to help⬇️

🌐Keeping up with GenAI Products for Higher Ed: Ithaka S+R’s Product Tracker: https://youtu.be/rFVISHffqCY
🌐Using ML Systems to Improve Collections Development & Services: https://youtu.be/CtrNybCfbPM
🌐Academic Applications of AI: Building Collaboration Among Libraries, IT, Faculty, & Students at San Diego State University: https://youtu.be/LdseUW7frJY
🌐The ARL/CNI Task Force on AI Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise & Research Libraries: https://youtu.be/V7stYh3GvcA
🌐Future-Proofing Research Data Repositories: Keeping Up With the ML/AI Revolution: https://youtu.be/fPqzScvKT8U
🌐Handling Academic Copyright and AI Research Questions as the Law Develops: https://youtu.be/GMttBH1oAD4
🌐Navigating GenAI: Early Findings and Implications for Research, Teaching, & Learning: https://youtu.be/SE4zl7Isy5k
🌐Navigating the New Era: The Impact of on Information Discovery & Literacy: https://youtu.be/RF19XeEl70o
🌐The T in GPT: Transformers for Cultural Heritage Work: https://youtu.be/zQA_ppss9Ps

"...in a world where data is shared fairly in both the technical sense of fair and in the philosophical sense of fair, advantage accrues more to people who can ask better questions from the data," Daniel Reed in his opening plenary "Computing Futures in a Changing World at CNI

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✂️ Daniel Reed on how changing cyberinfrastructure leads to a change in research and scholarship in his CNI Opening Plenary 60 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "Computing Futures in a Changing World (Opening Plenary)" by CNI: Coalition...

“The first scenario is one with an anticipative process and design and extensive adaption of . We can think of this as a scenario in which human and technological capabilities are integrated…" in this spring 2024 CNI clip, Keith Webster overviews the first scenario of the Association of Research Libraries/CNI Task Force on Futures for the and .

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✂️ Keith Webster overviews the 1st scenario of the ARL/CNI Task Force on Futures for the Research Enterprise & Libraries at CNI Spring '24 60 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "The ARL/CNI Task Force on AI Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise...

⏳There's less than a week to submit your proposal for our August Project Briefing Edition.

📅Deadline: June 24th

Submission form at🔗https://www.cni.org/resources/pbvs/submit-a-proposal

Watch this video from our May briefing series to learn about Ithaka S+R's Making Generative for Higher Education project, their work with a cohort of universities in this space, and their live product tracker to keep you up-to-date on the latest tech.

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Keeping up with Generative AI Products for Higher Education: Ithaka S+R’s Product Tracker As a part of our Making AI Generative for Higher Education project, conducted in partnership with 19 colleges and universities, Ithaka S+R has been closely t...

In "Using Machine-Learning Systems to Improve Collections Development and Services," members of the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project share the potential of and in library technology and workflows, such as enhancing and item processing, identifying items for acquisitions, analyzing behavioral data, and providing content discovery recommendations.

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Using Machine-Learning Systems to Improve Collections Development and Services Leading members of the Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project (CCLP) led by the National Information Sta...

The University of Sydney Library revamped their digital presence to put user experience first. 🌐 The CNI video, “Creating a Client-Centered, Integrated, and Flexible Academic Library Website,” shares how the new website unifies key info and integrates systems like Alma and LibCal. Plus, they’ve worked with First Nations staff and students to ensure it’s culturally safe and welcoming. 🙌

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Creating a Client-Centered, Integrated and Flexible Academic Library Website Academic libraries have been creating digital library experiences for about thirty years. Unfortunately, these experiences are often not good for library cli...

Explore our content and some of the Coalition's work, including videos from member meetings, which is openly available and organized around themes that have been central to our work in recent years, such as , access and equity, , and more.

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Topics These pages organize some material, produced by CNI staff and/or hosted on our website, around themes that have been important to CNI’s work in recent years. Each topic page includes a brief …

Our summer project briefing edition will spotlight work that is making progress in the digital scholarly information environment.

💡Featuring reports, studies, project launches, organizational updates, & more
📅Submit your proposal by June 24
🔗More information: https://www.cni.org/resources/pbvs/submit-a-proposal

The Share Family, an international library initiative, implements linked and enhances library workflows and services 🌏Their recent CNI video overviews the ecosystem and related benefits, such as cooperative cataloging, advanced metadata management tools, and discovery portals.

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The Share Family: Cooperation and Interconnection for a Sustainable Linked Open Data Ecosystem The Share Family is an international library-driven initiative dedicated to implementing linked data and to supporting consortia and individual libraries wit...

CNI's Clifford Lynch overviews the questions driving the work of the the Association of Research Libraries/CNI Task Force on and Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise and in this CNI Spring 2024 meeting clip✂️

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✂️ Cliff Lynch (CNI) overviews the strategic focus of the ARL/CNI Task Force on AI Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise & Libraries 60 seconds · Clipped by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information · Original video "The ARL/CNI Task Force on AI Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise...

☀️Feature your work in our summer project briefing edition☀️

We're seeking proposals for videos highlighting recent work on , including recently released studies and reports, updates on ongoing projects, or details on new initiatives.

Submit your proposal by June 24th

Learn more and submit on our website: https://www.cni.org/resources/pbvs/submit-a-proposal