August 2021
NISO Webinar
Audits and Assessment
Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 11:00am - 12:30pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Organizations, small- and medium-sized enterprises, academic and governmental institutions all have mechanisms and plans for auditing and assessing their activities. But just thinking about what’s involved in such processes can be stressful for those involved. Where should your organization start? What data might be useful? What are the meaningful metrics needed to establish best practices and how should your organization be thinking about them as applied to productivity or workflows? Accountability is fraught with sensitive issues like these. This event will bring together a group of experts from across the information community to share their ideas and experiences regarding what works and what doesn’t.
Confirmed speakers (among others) include Makala Skinner, Senior Analyst, Ithaka; Valrie Minson, Assistant Dean of Assessment and Student Engagement, University of Florida; Gillian Harrison Cain, Director of Member Programs, Atla; and Bill Kasdorf, Principal, Kasdorf & Associates.
Note: NISO members automatically receive sign-on credentials for regularly scheduled webinar events as a member benefit. There is no need to register separately. Check your institutional membership status here.
NISO Virtual Conference
Ebooks and Collections
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 12:00pm Noon - 4:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
In a period of constrained budgets, how will institutional libraries build and sustain access to the latest book titles for their communities — whether in digital or print forms? Libraries exist to serve the needs of their researchers, not the other way around. If humanists prefer print for their activities, then both content providers and librarians must ensure that this research need is met. The conversation has already begun of how best to manage the new collective collection. How should the community adapt? This virtual conference will kickstart the conversation, providing an opportunity for a wide group of stakeholders to highlight their community’s needs and share their views on how to meet them.
Confirmed speakers (among others) include Steve Fallon, Vice President, Americas and Strategic Partnerships, De Gruyter; Tom Bruno, Director of Access Services, University of Pennsylvania; Christina Drummond of the OAeBU Data Trust; and Jennie Rose Halperin, Executive Director, Library Futures.
September 2021
NISO Webinar
Data: Creation, Stewardship, Use
Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 11:00am - 12:30pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Now, more than ever, the information community is thinking about data and how best to support its creation, stewardship, and use Whether we are talking about content as data, research data, or data pertaining to online use and behaviors, we continue to amass ever-more data with no plan for storing it, no good way to parse it, and nothing but a vague hope of "automating" the hard work of cleaning it up, which only creates problems down the road. This webinar will assess the data needs of researchers and the response from the information community, from a variety of perspectives.
Note: NISO members automatically receive sign-on credentials for regularly scheduled webinar events as a member benefit. There is no need to register separately. Check your institutional membership status here.
NISO Virtual Conference
Effective Data Management
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 12:00pm Noon - 4:00pm (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)
Effective data management is widely recognized as a necessity, including the development of robust strategies for data collection, as well as ensuring appropriate management, handling, and preservation of those data. But is this being achieved? What practices are perceived by the research community as worthwhile and fit to purpose? Are there speed bumps in our processes that need smoothing out or eliminating? Do the available platforms provide the right services to the right people at an affordable price? What emerging challenges do we need to start addressing? This event will establish the state of current practice and identify potential areas of concern.