This CNI briefing provides a quick update on the US RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) Pilot, led by the San Diego Supercomputer Center and @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, which aims to establish RAiD technical infrastructure and a sustainable business model in the US: youtu.be/iiu39mpMq2E

🤖 @coar-repositories.bsky.social has announced the new Dealing with AI Bots website that provides a wealth of information on bots & #crawlers impacting the services and operations of open #repositories, including mitigation strategies. See: coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

The ARL Daily Intelligence brings you today’s essential news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Check out today’s top stories! www.arl.org/daily-intell... #ARLDailyIntelligence #Research #Libraries #HigherEd #OpenAccess #AI #ScholarlyCommunications #Librarianship

The CNI Spring Member Meeting call for proposals is open until Feb. 13. Share your digital information work with us in Salt Lake City this April via a lightning talk or project briefing session or panel. More information is available at:

We invite you to explore the eleven videos in the winter 2026 edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series, featuring topics such as Quantum Computing-as-a-Library Service, Automated Handwritten Text Recognition, and sustaining open source software: www.cni.org/resources/pb...

⛰️ CNI Call for Proposals: Planning for our Spring 2026 Meeting in Salt Lake City is underway, and the project briefing sessions make up the heart of the CNI program. Now is the time to submit your proposal for consideration—details and the form on our website. 📆 Submit by Feb 13

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is now accepting applications for its FY26 discretionary grant cycle. Head to the link for the full list of museum and library grant programs: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USI...

📣Call for Proposals, for @clirnews.bsky.social “Pocket Burgundy” Series Deadline: March 24, 2026 Authors and writing teams can propose ideas for reports relevant to the information and cultural heritage communities and receive a stipend of $3,000 for each publication. www.clir.org/pocket-burgu...

“How we react in this moment of change is really going to define what our next chapter looks like.” -Deborah Altenburg of the APLU in her recent CNI plenary, The State of Funding for US Higher Education, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change Watch the full talk at:

📣CNI invites project briefing proposals for our Spring 2026 Membership Meeting on April 13–14 in Salt Lake City. 📋️Submit and learn more at: www.cni.org/mm/spring-20... 📅Deadline: Feb 13

📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗦&𝗧 #𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 for innovative research, case studies, and emerging practices in imaging, digitization, preservation, and access across 2D, 3D, AV, and born-digital materials. 📅 June 15–18, 2026, at 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻

“Minimal computing is an approach that first and foremost advocates for using only the technologies that are necessary and sufficient.” Watch Benjamin Lee's CNI plenary talk "A Landscape of AI in Libraries, or “What Librarians Talk About When They Talk About AI” youtu.be/YcB07k3wn-M?...

🎤Watch CNI Executive Director Kate Zwaard's entire CNI Interviews podcast interview with @educause.bsky.social at youtu.be/Lbp2rQolFqU?...

📹 Videos from Open Library's WOLFcon 2025 are live, including remarks from Cindy Holh on Indigenous leadership and sustainable information toolkits; a presentation from Rosalyn Metz about trust, governance, and infrastructure in a fragmented world; and a panel about open-source project governance.

The plenary videos from the CNI meeting are now available: 🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together 📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social 🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award @brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social 💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change

Nominations are still open for the 2026 WDS Data Stewardship Award! Only 4 weeks left to nominate someone (or yourself) for this incredible award. Don’t miss your chance! 🏆✨ Deadline: 16 Jan 2026 For more info visit: 🔗 https://ow.ly/vKkW50XnYZR #DataStewardship #OpenScience

Learn more at the link about their next round of HAVI program funding, which is open for proposals until March 2026.

"...It's just such a privilege to be in this job where my only incentives are to be helpful and make community, and so I want to hear from our members—what do they need? What can we help with?" -CNI Executive Director Kate Zwaard on @educause.bsky.social's new episode of the CNI Interviews podcast 🎧

A warm "thank you!" to all of the attendees and presenters who joined us in DC last week for the CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting. We're grateful for the conversations, the thought starters, the insights, the community—all of it. Session recordings and slides coming soon: www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025

David Newbury & Lily Pregill (@gettymuseum.bsky.social) speaking on the Getty Provenance Index at @cni-org.bsky.social; integrates Linked Art and @iiif.bsky.social #CNIfall25 bit.ly/48Ow6Hh

Peter Brantley and I Have a Brief Talk About MCP at the CNI Fall Meeting Later Today. During the Talk We Will Be Sharing a Google NotebookLM Loaded with Papers, Videos, and Web Pages About #MCP. We Plan to Update the Notebook Going Forward bit.ly/mcpnotes

If you're at the #CNIfall25 meeting in DC today, don't miss this lightning round about #AI at 5:30pm in Regency A! @cni-org.bsky.social

Honored to be giving an opening plenary talk on AI & libraries later today at CNI 2025! I’m excited for the conversation with Kate Zwaard and for the full program by @cni-org.bsky.social! www.cni.org/events/membe...

Learn more about #copyright & #AI from @katherinejk.bsky.social & @marjblu.bsky.social today at 3:45pm EST at the @cni-org.bsky.social meeting (Regency A)! #CNIfall25 www.cni.org/events/membe...

Today, I'm at the @cni-org.bsky.social meeting in Washington, DC. Right now, brand-new CNI director @kzwa.bsky.social (Kate Zwaard) is welcoming everyone. (We all gave Kate a big round of applause!)

Really excited to be presenting on our Open at @library.cmu.edu work at @cni-org.bsky.social tomorrow, on behalf of a phenomenal team. #CNIfall25 www.cni.org/topics/e-sci...

Tomorrow, the CNI Fall meeting commences; safe travels to our attendees and speakers, journeying from near and far, who will be joining us in DC this Thursday and Friday. See the schedule at: www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025...

✨ Congratulations are in order! We look forward to AUPresses Executive Director Peter Berkery's presentation of the award to Brett Bobley at the CNI meeting this Friday! @brettbobley.bsky.social

Our Director of Programs Katherine Skinner is at CNI Fall Meeting Thursday presenting IOI's ORBIT research on how library consortia are becoming critical bulwarks against vendor consolidation and capacity crises. At CNI in DC? Find Katherine to talk consortia + resilience.

The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) has extended the deadline for in-person and a limited number remote proposals for the 2026 Library Publishing Forum to January 5, 2026: librarypublishing.org/program/

🎉 #IDCC26 Workshop Bookings are Now Open! Join us ahead of the main conference days to advancce your knowledge and skills with a range of topics covered by experts in data curation and management. 👉 Register now on Eventbrite to secure your place www.eventbrite.com/cc/idcc26-ev...

Here's what's in store at the upcoming CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting in DC, including timely plenaries, discussion tables, and a robust lineup of project briefings and lightning talks: www.cni.org/events/membe... The majority of sessions will be recorded and shared openly following the meeting.

Director Kate Zwaard will open the CNI meeting with a discussion of CNI's future. Benjamin Lee, founder of the Lab for Computing Cultural Heritage, will follow with an exploration of the the state of the library field surrounding #AI and #MachineLearning. Read more: www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025...

The @clirnews.bsky.social is accepting applications for Recordings at Risk, which supports the preservation of rare audio and AV content on degradin. CLIR will host a webinar on Dec 2 to share info about the program and answer questions. Registration is required: clirdlf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Materials from the 6th Global Research Platform Workshop are now available. This event highlights high performance computing and communication initiatives supporting leading edge scientific research around the world.

Deborah Altenburg's CNI closing plenary, "The State of Funding for US Higher Education, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change," will overview research & education policy updates, assess the federal funding landscape, and highlight emerging opportunities. Learn more: www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025...

We extend a warm welcome to Lafayette College, one of CNI's newest members! ✨

#OpenRepositories 2026 will be held online, June 8–11, 2026, under the theme: Open to All? Repositories at the Intersection of People, Practice, and Emerging Technologies The call for proposals is open until January 11. See more conference details at: or2026.openrepositories.org #OR2026

Recordings from the #OpenSource Initiative's virtual event, Deep Dive: Data Governance, are now available, including content on stewards of the data commons, frameworks for #DataGovernance, and building and preserving public datasets: opensource.org/datagovernan... #OpenSourceAI @opensource.org

The Library Publishing Coalition invites you to join a discussion on developing AI policies for publications with three expert speakers who will share their experiences in developing an AI policy for their publishing program or service on Nov 20. Register for free: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives team has released Viewfinder: A toolkit for values-driven AI in libraries and archives that was created by librarians and tech ethicists at four universities. Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...

📹 Presentation recordings from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Digital Preservation 2025 - Where We're At (Digital Preservation in Uncertain Times) virtual conference are now available. #DigiPres #DigitalPreservation

Kate Zwaard, CNI Director, will open the CNI meeting, followed by an overview of #AI and #ML in the #libraries and #InformationScience context from Ben Lee, founder of the Lab for Computing #CulturalHeritage. The list of preliminary project briefings is also now live. More to come! @bcgl.bsky.social

The Council on Library and Information Resources (@clirnews.bsky.social) announced that the application for #RecordingsatRisk Cycle 13 is open now through February 24. 📹 See details at:

Looking forward to having @sdsulibrary.bsky.social & Stony Brook University Libraries team up to discuss AI and discovery at #cnif25 @cni-org.bsky.social www.cni.org/events/membe...

The 2026 Library Publishing Forum call for proposals is now available as well as two scholarships to attend the Forum in Seattle in June. 🔗 Apply for a scholarship: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🔗 Submit a proposal: librarypublishing.org/program/

There's just a few more days to submit your proposal for the winter edition ❄️ of the CNI Project Briefing Series. Submissions should focus on a digital information project, recent reports, or updates on projects, programs, or organizations that may have reported at CNI in the past. 🗓️Deadline: Nov 7

Tomorrow, @kestlund.bsky.social, CNI steering committee member and dean of libraries at Colorado State University, will represent CNI on the panel: "State of the Ecosystem: National Perspectives on Research Computing and Data” at the #EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.

Connect with CNI Executive Director Kate Zwaard at the @educause.bsky.social Conference this week in Nashville. On Tuesday, Zwaard will overview CNI's initiatives and explore potential future priorities such as #cybersrecurity in "Advancing Research and Scholarship through Collaboration.”

In the 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Data & Analytics Edition, our expert panelists surveyed the landscape to identify the most influential trends shaping data & analytics in higher ed across five categories: social, technological, economic, environmental, and policy Read the report buff.ly/WBn6HRo