(via Dr. Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
The Northeast Institutional Repository Day 2024 (NIRD24) Program Committee is pleased to issue its call for proposals for the sixth annual Northeast Institutional Repository Day, a free event that brings together those in the Northeast (and beyond!) who manage or are interested in institutional repositories, digital collections, and digital preservation. The meeting will take place virtually the afternoon of Thursday, December 5, and the morning of Friday, December 6. With the success of our recent events and in an effort to continue to make NIRD available to as many participants as possible, all presentations will be delivered virtually.
The NIRD24 Program Committee welcomes any proposal related to institutional repositories, especially work that can be applicable to other institutions, even those working on different platforms. Tell us what helped or hindered your work in these or other areas:
- IR metadata interoperability, ingest, or maintenance;
- Stewardship of digital files in various formats;
- Repository migration or updates;
- Building relationships with IR depositors or contributors;
- IRs as library publishing platforms;
- Improving accessibility, equity, and inclusion for IR contributors and users;
- IR policies;
- Experiences with artificial intelligence
Proposals that are platform-agnostic are particularly encouraged. The Program Committee is not accepting proposals from vendor representatives for NIRD24.
The Program Committee is requesting that proposals fall into the following formats:
- Lightning Talk (5-7 min) – a brief, free-standing presentation, with or without slides
- Presentation (20 min) – a more comprehensive, free-standing presentation or panel
Important dates:
- Deadline for submission: Monday, September 30
- Notification of acceptance: Thursday, October 31
Please submit your proposal using this form.