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  • Center for Library Initiatives A Partner on Cross-Consortial Grant Award

    Sep 10, 2010, 16:34 PM

    The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is one of four partners on a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that will fund the beginning of a national conversation that may lead to the development...

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  • Penn State Lauds Benefits of CIC Membership

    Sep 7, 2010, 07:00 AM

    Virtually everyone at Pennsylvania State University "has reaped the benefits of membership" in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, said Rod Erickson, Penn State's executive vice president and provost in an article published Sept. 3 by Penn State's news arm. The...

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  • CIC Announces Staff Promotions

    Aug 25, 2010, 13:10 PM

    The Committee on Institutional Cooperation is pleased to announce the promotions of three staff members. Kim Armstrong has been promoted to Deputy Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, Amber Marks has been promoted to Associate Director, and Galen...

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  • New Report Analyzes Study Abroad Trends Across CIC

    Aug 12, 2010, 15:10 PM

    Study abroad programs are immensely popular throughout the consortium. A new CIC report shows several trends in study abroad enrollment over the years 2006-08. The report analyzes data from the Open Doors Survey, administered annually by the Institute of International...

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  • CIC Launches Center for Advanced Study in International Competitiveness

    Aug 9, 2010, 07:13 AM

    Champaign, Ill. (Aug. 9) -- The CIC has launched its first large-scale collaborative research effort across the consortium. The multi-university, cross-disciplinary Center for Advanced Study in International Competitiveness (CASIC) will provide research leadership in the study of complex international competitiveness issues that have both scholarly...

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  • CIC-UNL Timeline, FAQ Posted

    Aug 2, 2010, 09:00 AM

    On June 17, the CIC extended an invitation of membership to the University of Nebaska-Lincoln, which was accepted. UNL will enter the CIC on July 1, 2011, the same date as it becomes a full member of the Big Ten...

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  • Undergraduate Researchers Convene at OSU For 24th Annual CIC SROP Conference

    Jul 21, 2010, 10:10 AM

    Columbus, Ohio – Ohio State University will host 450 students from colleges and universities nationwide for the 24th annual CIC Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Research Conference on July 23-25, 2010. Sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), SROP...

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  • Daily Illini Examines the CIC's Role in Digitization at the University of Illinois

    Jul 20, 2010, 11:07 AM

    The Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on July 15 published an in-depth article spotlighting digitization efforts at the University of Illinois library and the CIC's role in those efforts. The University of Illinois...

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  • Nebraska Administrators Visit CIC, Interviewed By Local Press

    Jul 1, 2010, 11:57 AM

    Two senior-level administrators from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln visited the Champaign, Ill., offices of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation on June 30 to lay the groundwork for UNL's 2011 admission into the consortium. Ellen Weissinger, Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for...

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  • CIC Staff Serve as Panelists at Major Conferences

    Jun 30, 2010, 10:43 AM

    Two CIC staff members recently participated in panels at major conferences. Mark Sandler, director of the CIC's Center for Library Initiatives (CLI), was on a distinguished panel of experts discussing the proposed Google Book Search settlement on June 26 at...

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  • June Center For Library Initiatives eNewsletter Launches

    Jun 25, 2010, 12:38 PM

    The June edition of the bi-annual Center for Library Initiatives eNewsletter is now available online. This issue features an article on two members of the same family who work on the Google digitization project at two different campuses; a photo...

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  • Inside Illinois Features CIC

    Jun 17, 2010, 15:28 PM

    Inside Illinois, the newspaper for faculty/staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, featured the University's membership in the CIC for its June 17 edition. The article, titled "Campus sees many benefits from CIC membership," also describes CIC programs and...

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  • CIOs Share Cyberinfrastructure Strategy for CIC with Provosts

    Jun 17, 2010, 12:00 PM

    At the request of the Provosts, the CIOs developed "A Research Cyberinfrastructure Strategy for the CIC: Advice to the Provosts from the Chief Information Officers." The report, shared with the Provosts at their June 7 meeting, highlights campus best practices...

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  • Champaign-Urbana Media Descend on CIC

    Jun 14, 2010, 15:02 PM

    Barbara McFadden Allen, director of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, appeared on WCIA's 10 p.m. newscast on Friday, June 11, and was prominently featured in the Saturday, June 11 editions of The News-Gazette. Both media outlets are located in Champaign,...

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  • CIC Seeks Assistant Director

    Jun 11, 2010, 15:56 PM

    The CIC has an opening for a new assistant director. This senior-level position is responsible for operations related to finances, human resources, communications, grants management, internal technology and facilities. To see the position announcement and/or apply online, please visit the...

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  • Omaha World-Herald Quotes Minnesota Provost, Lists CIC Initiatives

    Jun 9, 2010, 11:25 AM

    University of Minnesota Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Thomas Sullivan was interviewed and quoted by a recent Omaha World-Herald article about the academic benefits of being a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the consortium of...

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  • Presentation Gives Fresh Overview of the CIC

    Jun 8, 2010, 14:08 PM

    We invite you to watch this new presentation that gives a brief overview of the CIC. The presentation debuted at the semi-annual Members meeting June 7 as the CIC Provosts convened in Chicago.CIC Overview June 2010...

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  • Lincoln Journal Star, Columbia Daily Tribune Feature CIC

    May 26, 2010, 14:15 PM

    The Lincoln Journal Star is the latest mainstream media outlet to feature the CIC and interview director Barbara McFadden Allen. The Journal Star's article, published in its May 23 editions, examines the role of academics in the relationships between the...

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  • CIC Professionals Speak at Recent Conferences

    May 25, 2010, 16:23 PM

    Mark Sandler, Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives, and Amber Marks, Assistant Director for Course Sharing and Professional Development, were featured guest speakers at two recent conferences. Sandler was invited to speak at the recent 2010 Medical Library...

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  • Students Encouraged to Enroll in Virtual School Summer Courses

    May 24, 2010, 12:02 PM

    Graduate students and post-docs from across the CIC are strongly encouraged to enroll in summer courses offered by the Virtual School, which is preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers for research at the frontiers of petascale computing-enabled science...

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