NISO Virtual Conference, Open Source and Community-Supported Infrastructure, August 24, 2022

Description

We frequently hear that infrastructure is costly to build and maintain. Systems require investment and ongoing maintenance for the community to really benefit from and trust them. To ensure long-term success, community groups need to consider which of the spectrum of models currently in use will best sustain key information infrastructure. What’s working, and what’s been abandoned — and why? What are the best practices for working across organizational boundaries? How can community leaders encourage the commitment needed to ensure sustainability as well as development? This virtual conference will bring together a group of experts to address these and other questions about the expansion of open source and community-supported infrastructure.



Confirmed speakers include Marshall Breeding, Consultant & Editor, Library Technology; Kristen Eschenfelder, Academic Associate Dean For Computer, Data & Information Sciences, University of Wisconsin; Arran Griffith, Program Manager for Academic Open Source Repository Software, LYRASIS; Evviva Weinraub Lajoie, Vice Provost for University Libraries, University at Buffalo; and Peter Murray, Open Source Community Advocate, Index Data.