Coalition for Networked Information

05/19/2026

Reminder ⏰️ Submit your proposal for CNI's Summer 2026 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Edition by May 27. Learn more and submit at:

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05/13/2026

Registration for Open Repositories 2026 is now open! This virtual conference (June 8–11 ) is available to all participants at no cost! Registration will be open through the end of the conference, or until the maximum capacity of 1000 registrants is reached.

🎟️ Learn more & register at: https://or2026.openrepositories.org/registration/

See the preliminary OR2026 conference program: https://www.conftool.net/or2026/index.php?page=browseSessions&presentations=show

05/12/2026

CNI is accepting proposals for the summer 2026 edition of the Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. Briefings should focus on a digital information topic or project. We especially invite submissions on recent reports and updates on projects, programs, or organizations that may have reported at CNI in the past.

Deadline for submissions: May 27

To submit a proposal and for more info, visit

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05/11/2026

The 2026 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries will take place on October 13–16 in Dallas, Texas. The call for papers, posters, and more has also been released. For more information and key dates, visit https://2026.jcdl.org/

CNI is delighted to be a cooperating organization for this annual conference focused on research and practice in , bridging technical, practical, and social dimensions.

05/08/2026

Apply to join the 2026 cohort of the Association of Research Libraries Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) for mid-level leaders in research libraries or archives.

The LCDP is a 13-month fellowship designed to remove barriers and cultivate leaders grounded in integrity and inclusivity by developing skills to:

🧭 Navigate change
🫶 Build supportive relationships
🔋 Share power
🏘️ Engage communities
🎆 Communicate with impact
🧐 Engage in critical inquiry, self-awareness, and leadership visioning

Learn more and register for a virtual informational session on Tuesday, May 12, 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET: https://www.arl.org/news/apply-for-arl-leadership-and-career-development-program-deadline-june-15/

The application deadline is Monday, June 15.

05/08/2026

In the CNI spring opening plenary, Rebekah Cummings, shares her conviction that wherever AI touches the information space on campus, librarians must be centered in the conversation, and she reflects on her own journey finding a “seat at the table” in shaping campus AI policy:

Libraries Leading Campus Artificial Intelligence: Claiming Our Seat at the Table

05/07/2026

In the CNI spring closing plenary, Harnessing the Data Renaissance for Scientific Discovery, Manish Parashar explores the critical role of democratizing access to and shared in enabling equitable and responsible data use, and he introduces the vision, architecture, and deployment of the National Data Platform.

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1 like. "Harnessing the Data Renaissance for Scientific Discovery"

05/06/2026

This CNI briefing analyzes a national survey of senior research officers at Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) member institutions, exploring questions such as: "How have SRO roles and priorities shifted over the past decade? And how can librarians and IT professionals collaborate with their SRO to tackle future challenges at research universities?" 🎥

The APLU Decadal Survey of Senior Research Officers and Their Responsibilities

05/06/2026

We've released the spring 2026 edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series; this latest collection of five videos showcases some exciting work happening across our community:

-Data Storage Allocation for Faculty: A Storage Pilot at University of California, Berkeley
-“Directory Pipeline”—A Tool for Turning Historical Digital Collections into Structured Data
-FedHarv—A Python Workflow for Automating Open Access Article Harvesting
-Publishing for the People: Institutional Collaboration in the Service of Scholars and Readers
-Strategic Approaches to Sustainable Digital Transformation

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05/06/2026

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.

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About the Fellowship The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary an...

05/05/2026

WATCH 🎥 Aligning Library Consortia for Collective Impact: Results from Invest in Open Infrastructure's Open Resilience: Building Infrastructure Together (ORBIT) Project

Discover how library consortia are emerging as architects of resilience, navigating funding cuts and vendor consolidation to strengthen :

Aligning Library Consortia for Collective Impact: Results from IOI’s ORBIT Project