**Apologies for cross-posting**


It’s not too late to register for our remaining September events — the
eight-part Assessment Practices and Metrics in a 21st Century Pandemic: A
NISO Training Series
<https://www.niso.org/events/2020/09/assessment-practices-and-metrics-21st-century-pandemic-niso-training-series>,
which starts tomorrow and runs through November 6, and the Humanities
Roundtable 2020: Building Diversity, Building Accessibility, Building Better
<https://www.niso.org/events/2020/09/humanities-roundtable-2020-building-diversity-building-accessibility-building-better>
on September 23.

Registration includes unlimited attendees from your organization, plus
there are discounts for NISO members, so reserve your places now!

Assessment Practices and Metrics in a 21st Century Pandemic: A NISO
Training Series
<https://www.niso.org/events/2020/09/assessment-practices-and-metrics-21st-century-pandemic-niso-training-series>

Eight sessions, 11.30am - 1.00pm ET, September 18 through November 6
(registrations accepted through October 9)

This well-known NISO Training Series will explore some new and some
familiar topics on spaces, collections, services and strategic innovations
through the lens of COVID-19. Course moderator *Martha Kyrillidou* will be
joined by guest lecturers including: *Joyce Chapman* and *Emily Daly,* both
Duke University; *Lorraine J. Haricombe*, University of Texas Libraries; *Bob
Fox,* University of Louisville; *Elaine Westbrooks,* University of North
Carolina - Chapel Hill; *Denise Stephens,* Washington University at St
Louis; *Maurini Strub,* University of Rochester; *Keren Stiles* and *Caroline
Barratt,* both Open University; *Colleen Cook*, McGill University; and *Joan
Lippincott*, CNI. Join them to learn what the shifts that we are going
through mean for the 21st century library and the way we assess and measure
our success. Register now!
<http://www.cvent.com/events/assessment-practices-and-metrics-in-a-21st-century-pandemic-a-niso-training-series/event-summary-4a71fe68d14b45639ccfe0feccaeb696.aspx>

Humanities Roundtable 2020: Building Diversity, Building Accessibility,
Building Better
<https://www.niso.org/events/2020/09/humanities-roundtable-2020-building-diversity-building-accessibility-building-better>

September 23, 11.00am - 4.30pm ET

The theme of this year’s Humanities Roundtable is building better in order
to develop a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable humanities community.
Speakers include: *Marti Heyman*, OCLC; *Bethan Tovey-Walsh,*
CorCenCC/Swansea University; *Michelle Urberg*, Maverick Publishing
Specialists; *Dave Tell,* Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities,
University of Kansas; *Mark Puente**,* Associate Dean/Associate Professor
of Organizational Development, Inclusion, and Diversity Purdue; *Susan
Doerr*, University of Minnesota Press; *Rebecca Blakiston,* University of
Arizona; and *Ian Smith,* Director, Accessibility Platforms and
Solutions, codemantra
US LLC. Together, they will help us kickstart a discussion on the practical
requirements and implications of delivering a more diverse, a more
accessible, a better information environment for the digital humanities
community. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors
<https://www.niso.org/events/2020/09/humanities-roundtable-2020-building-diversity-building-accessibility-building-better>,
we’ve been able to keep registration fees very low, so sign up now
<http://www.cvent.com/events/humanities-roundtable-2020-building-diversity-building-accessibility-building-better/event-summary-1e50bcc014904a39be994b302555afd6.aspx>
!

We hope to see you at one or both of these events!

Thanks for your support and best wishes

The NISO Team

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