Meeting: 2015 CNI Spring Membership Meeting (13-14 April 2015, Seattle, WA)

The 2015 CNI Spring Membership Meeting took place 13-14 April 2015 in Seattle, Washington. It was a busy meeting for me as I had two presentations. One, obviously, on BHL (along with Smithsonian Libraries' Director and BHL Chair, Nancy E. Gwinn) and another on the scholarly communications program at Smithsonian Libraries (see below).

Brewster Kahle delivered the opening plenary, "Providing Universal Access to Modern Materials—and Living to Tell the Tale."

Brewster Kahle

Nancy E. Gwinn

• Kalfatovic, M., & Gwinn, N. E. (2015, April 14). Building a Vast Library of Life: The Biodiversity Heritage Library Looks to the Future. CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting (CNI), Seattle, WA. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19741065. (abstract)

As a bonus, I gave a second presentation at the meeting that year (that wasn't about BHL):

• Kalfatovic, M. (2015, April 13). For the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge: The Smithsonian's Research Online (SRO), Supporting Smithsonian Institution's Plan to Provide Increased Public Access to Federally Funded Publications and Digital Research Materials. CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting (CNI), Seattle, WA. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19741382. 

Abstract: Smithsonian Research Online (SRO) is a key tool in the Smithsonian's goal to implement the White House's "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research" mandate. A pan-Smithsonian team developed the Smithsonian Institution plan and draft Implementation Manual that will meet the requirement laid out in by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The existing SRO platform (and associated digital repository) will serve as key components of the Smithsonian's plan which will also user additional tools and resources being developed by the wider ARL and publishers' community. The Smithsonian OSTP Plan was a cooperative response developed by Smithsonian Libraries, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Smithsonian researchers, the Office of General Counsel, and the Office of the Chief Information Officer, under the guidance of the Smithsonian's Deputy Under Secretary for Collections and Interdisciplinary Support. This session will outline the interactions of the various portions of the draft plan and its manifestation in a non-university environment.

See also "Sleepless in Seattle - CNI’s Spring Conference 2015" (April 29, 2015) by Keith Webster