**Apologies for cross posting**
Following the first two webinars on how the information community adapted to COVID19, and how you’re supporting your workforce, our six-part roundtable-format series on Managing and Adapting to Pandemic-Driven Change continues next week, with four more sessions scheduled between October 28 - December 16. Registration covers an unlimited number of attendees from your organization — and all webinars are free for NISO members!
Delivering Services in a Pandemic
Wednesday October 28, 11.00am - 12.30pm ET/3.00pm - 4.30pm GMT
From providing remote support to customers, to delivering seamless online access to content, to meeting the needs of scattered students and faculty, everyone’s workflows have had to adapt during the pandemic. Our speakers, who will discuss what these changes meant for them and their organizations, include: Scott Anderson, Millersville University; Michael Fitts, University of Alabama - Birmingham; Carrie Forbes, University of Denver Libraries; and Chris Freeland, The Internet Archive. Register here!
Wednesday, November 18, 11.00am - 12.30pm ET/4.00pm - 5.30pm GMT
This roundtable discussion will address both the fun side of learning new ways of working together and the deeper issues of setting expectations, accommodating different requirements, and identifying the constraints that made clear where boundaries would be needed. Confirmed speakers include: Jennifer Diffin, National Library of Medicine; Adam Blackwell and Christopher Rennie, Proquest; and Stephen Rhind-Tutt, Coherent Digital. Register here!
Wednesday, December 9, 11.00 - 12.30pm ET/4.00pm - 5.30pm GMT
This webinar will focus on the planning and adaptation needed in order to safely bring your workforce back to an office setting. This discussion will look beyond narrow issues such as managing shelving or foot traffic, to focus on how we need to rethink the functional space and shared environments of 21st century knowledge workers. Speakers include Emily Daly, Duke University Libraries, with others TBA. Register here!
Wednesday, December 16, 11.00 =am - 12.30pm ET/4.00pm - 5.30pm GMT
In this final webinar of the series, our roundtable participants will look to the future. They will discuss how they and their organizations are navigating the changes, and the additional adaptations that may be required or made possible as we start to think about a post-COVID world. The pandemic has caused an acceleration in community shifts that were already unfolding. How do NISO members and the broader information community navigate those changes and make the most of this opportunity to shape a better future? Confirmed speakers include: Steven Hall, IOP Publishing; Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver; and Amy Pawlowski, Ohiolink. Register here!
We will share login details with registrants a few days before each webinar, as well as providing a link to the recordings afterwards.
We hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
The NISO Team