Opportunities and Mandates for New Collaborations by Libraries and Information Technology

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) was founded in 1990 by the Association of Research Libraries and the two organizations that became EDUCAUSE. It was intended to serve as a vehicle to allow librarians and information technologists to collaborate to respond to the opportunities offered by emerging technologies, at the time most notably the internet. The agenda in 1990 was fairly clear and the opportunities overwhelming. Thirty years later, the world has changed: the organizational landscape, priorities, and missions of our universities have evolved, a generational shift in leadership has occurred, and the ubiquitous deployment of advanced technologies at scale creates new and different challenges and opportunities. Over the past year, CNI has convened a series of roundtables involving library and IT leaders—including many new leaders—to explore the changing character and purposes of library-IT collaborations and identify high-priority and high-payoff opportunities for the 2020s. This session will report on the findings from these roundtables, which covered teaching, learning, and student success; the research enterprise; and cross-cutting issues like privacy, accessibility, and data governance.

This session was recorded as part of the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2019 and can be accessed by full conference attendees and those who register separately for access. Click here for more information.