CLIR Press Releases
2013
4/2//13—2013 Mellon Dissertation Fellows Named
4/1/13—CLIR Receives Sloan Foundation Grant for Data Curation Fellows
2/13/13—National Recording Preservation Plan Provides Blueprint for Saving U.S. Recorded Sound Heritage
2012
12/27/12—CLIR Announces 2012 Hidden Collections Awards
11/26/12—CLIR Board Elects New Members, New Officers
10/2/12—CLIR Receives Mellon Grant for Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Curation for Medieval Studies
9/11/12—Digital Scholarship Librarian at Northwestern University Named Rick Peterson Fellow
8/2/12—CLIR/DLF Report Highlights Need for Data Curation Education
7/26/12—New Report Examines Core Infrastructure Considerations for Large Digital Digital Libraries
7/16/12—CLIR Names New Postdoctoral Fellows
6/26/12—Korey Jackson Receives ACLS Public Fellows Award; Will Join Anvil Academic
6/7/12—Lisa Spiro Named Program Manager for Anvil Academic
6/7/12—Jodi Schneider Awarded 2012 Zipf Fellowship
6/5//12—Announcing the 2012 ARL/DLF/DuraSpace E-Science Institute
5/23/12—CLIR and NITLE Accepting Nominations for Rick Peterson Fellowship
4/9/12—2012 Mellon Dissertation Fellows Named
2/13/12—CLIR and NITLE to Launch Academic Publishing Program
2011
12/29/11—CLIR Board Elects Members Leslie Weir and Herman Pabbruwe
12/15/11—CLIR Announces 2011 Hidden Collections Awards, 2012 Funding Cycle
10/5/11—DLF/DCC DPLA Beta Sprint Effort to be Presented at DPLA Plenary
8/24/11—Kenyon College Librarian Selected As First Rick Peterson Fellow
8/24/11—CLIR Publishes Report on Use of Digital Technologies in Classical Studies
6/2/11—CLIR/DLF Receives Mellon Foundation Funding for Digital Public Library of America Prototype
5/24/11—DLF Funds Project on Business Cases for New Service Development in Research Libraries
5/24/11—New Fellowship Honors Rick Peterson
5/24/11—Kathleen Fear Awarded 2011 Zipf Fellowship
4/11/11—CLIR/DLF Receives Sloan Foundation Grant for Research on Building Data Curation Skills
4/1/11—2011 Mellon Dissertation Fellows Named
3/15/11—CLIR and Stanford Receive Mellon Grants for Study and Workshop on Linked Data
3/15/11—Digital Library Federation Affiliates with CenterNet
3/7/11—Digital Library Federation Launches New Web Site
2/15/11—Frye Institute 2011 Participants Named
1/25/11—CLIR Offers Dissertation Fellowship in Partnership with the Library of Congress
1/19/11—CLIR Requests Preproposals for Hidden Collections Grant
2010
12/21/10—CLIR Announces Hidden Collections Awards
12/14/10—Report Examines Use of Digital Forensics Tools and Methods in Cultural Heritage Sector
8/17/10—Taiga and CLIR/DLF Align for Broader Community Benefit
6/3/10—CLIR Report Examines Transition of Research Collections from Print to Digital
5/3/10—Rachel Frick to Lead Digital Library Federation
3/16/10—CLIR Preproposal Application for Hidden Collections Grant Now Available
2/18/10—CLIR Board Elects New Members W. Joseph King and Joachim Küpper
2009
12/17/09—Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards CLIR $1.4 Million Operating Grant
11/30/09—CLIR Announces Hidden Collections Awards
6/30/09—IMLS Awards CLIR $713,000 for Project to Develop Leadership Capacity
4/14/09—Digital Library Federation to Continue Programs in Council on Library and Information Resources
4/6/09—Report Explores Research Topics at Intersection of Humanities and Computer Science
3/19/09—Mellon Grants CLIR $4.3 Million for Year Two of Hidden Collections Program
2008
12/22/08—G. Sayeed Choudhury Appointed CLIR Senior Presidential Fellow
12/16/08—CLIR Announces Hidden Collections Awards
10/20/08—CLIR to Receive 2008 Award for Outstanding Support of Archives
9/4/08—Report Examines New Roles for Research Library
6/30/08—CLIR Requests Proposals for Hidden Collections Grant
3/17/08—Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million for Program to Catalog Hidden Collections
2/15/08—Report Examines Issues of Preserving Collections Created by Mass Digitization
2007
7/24/07—Michael Keller Appointed CLIR Senior Presidential Fellow
5/1/07—Charles J. Henry Receives Fulbright Senior Specialist Award for China
4/9/07—Amy Friedlander Named CLIR Director of Programs
3/19/07—Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards CLIR Operating Grant
2006
11/6/06—CLIR Board Elects New Chair, Vice Chair
11/3/06—Charles J. Henry Named CLIR President
6/21/06—Oxford University Joins the Digital Library Federation
6/8/06—Susan Perry Appointed CLIR Interim President
5/3/06—Nancy Davenport Steps Down as President of the Council on Library and Information Resources
3/22/06—Report Assesses Standards and Best Practices for Preserving Sound Recordings
1/10/06—Report Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Preservation of Commercial Sound Recordings
2005
12/16/05—DLF Aquifer Invites Public Review of Metadata Guidelines
11/30/05—Geneva Henry Named Distinguished Fellow
10/27/05—Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize for Open Access: What Does it Take?
10/4/05—The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards CLIR Operating Grant
9/26/05—Report Examines How Digital Technology is Changing Study of American Literature
6/1/05—Bibliotheca Alexandrina Joins Digital Library Federation
5/9/05—CLIR Board Elects New Members
3/7/05—Library as Place: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Space
2/5/05—Katherine Kott Named Aquifer Director
2004
11/1/04—CLIR Board Elects New Officers
10/19/04—JISC Joins the Digital Library Federation
9/14/04—Report Examines Barriers to Audio Access
8/23/04—Mellon Dissertation Fellowships Offered by CLIR
6/22/04—Study Cites Long-Term Cost Savings from Electronic Journals
6/3/04—Nancy Davenport Named President of CLIR
5/17/04—Outdated Preservation Infrastructure Threatens Access to Information, Report Warns
2/2/04—CLIR Publishes Guide to Business Planning for Cultural Heritage Institutions
1/26/04—British Library Joins Digital Library Federation
1/5/04—CLIR Publishes Essays on Leadership
2003
12/8/03—CLIR Announces Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Scholarly Information Resources for Humanists
12/8/03—Are Libraries Being Designed for Learning?
10/23/03—CLIR and NIST Publish Guide to Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs
9/9/03—Report Reviews Library User Studies
9/9/03—Report Presents New Visions for Information Access
8/28/03—Mellon Dissertation Fellowships Offered by CLIR
8/5/03—MIT and Rice University Join Digital Library Federation
8/5/03—South Africa's Smart Cape recognized with 2003 Access to Learning Award
7/30/03—Richard A. Detweiler Named CLIR Interim President
7/2/03—Report Examines Models for Shared Print Repositories
7/1/03—Report Examines Sustainability of Digital Cultural Heritage Initiatives
6/17/03—Deanna Marcum Appointed to Library of Congress
5/10/03—International Initiatives in Digital Preservation:
What are we Learning?
4/30/03—Build A New Library or A New Library Model?
4/25/03—Report Examines Challenges of "New-Model Scholarship"
2/18/03—Report Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Archiving
1/7/03—Survey Examines State of Preservation in American College and Research Libraries
2002
10/18/02—Council on Library and Information Resources and Cornell Launch Web-Based Preservation Tutorial
10/17/02—Report Examines Changing Patterns of Information Use
9/16/02—CLIR and DLF Publish The Digital Library: A Biography
8/22/02—Mellon Dissertation Fellowships Offered by CLIR
8/22/02—Report Examines New Roles for the Research Library
8/20/02—Colombia's BibloRed receives the 2002 Access to Learning Award
8/15/02—Report Highlights International Approaches to Digital Preservation
6/12/02—David Seaman to Head Digital Library Federation
5/20/02—Council on Library and Information Resources Names 2002 A. R. Zipf Fellow
4/11/02—Mellon Foundation Funds Scholarly Communication Institute
4/11/02—First Mellon Dissertation Fellows Selected
3/01/02—DLF Endorses Two New Aids For Developing Digital Library Collections
1/31/02—Report Examines Challenges to Assessing Use of Online Collections and Services
2001
12/20/01—Access to Learning Award Recognizes Commitment to Providing Free Public Access to Information
12/12/01—Report Examines Humanists' Research Needs in Digital Environment
11/30/01—DLF Members Renew Support
11/21/01—Task Force Reports on Saving Historical Evidence
10/01/01—Report Examines Current Approaches to Selection for Digitization
8/27/01—Building Digital Assets or Digital Edsels? New Insight for Campus Executives
8/20/01—Report Examines Business Models for Digital Collections
8/20/01—Report Examines Strategies for Managing the Costs of Commercial Online Materials
6/17/01—What Does it take to Build and Sustain Collections of "Free" Web Resources?
6/14/01—Report Examines Model for Shared Repository
5/10/01—Council on Library and Information Resources Names 2001 A. R. Zipf Fellow
5/3/01—Report Highlights Crisis in Recorded Sound Collections
4/18/01—CLIR to Develop Web-based Tutorials on Preservation for Southeast Asia
4/4/01—Mellon Foundation Funds New CLIR Dissertation Fellowships
2000
12/21/00—CLIR Publishes Survey of Preservation Science Research
10/30/00—Denise Troll Named Distinguished Fellow
10/24/00—CLIR Publishes White Paper on E-Journal Usage Statistics
9/5/00—Documentation Abstracts Inc. Awards Funds for Information Science Institutes
9/1/00—CLIR and DLF Name Distinguished Fellows
8/28/00—Open Archives Initiative Appoints Steering Committee
7/18/00—DLF and RLG Issue Guidelines for Digitizing Visual Resources
6/20/00—CLIR Publishes Guide to Managing Risk of Migrating Digital Information
5/30/00—Anne R. Kenney to Join CLIR
5/25/00—Report Examines Authenticity in the Digital Environment
5/24/00—CLIR and DLF Initiate Program for Distinguished Fellows
5/19/00—Council on Library and Information Resources Names 2000 A. R. Zipf Fellow
4/18/00—Report Explores Use of Knowledge Organization Systems in Digital Libraries
4/7/00—Report Describes Risk-Assessment Model for Managing Cultural Assets
2/17/00—Report Brings Archival Perspective to Problems in Managing Digital Information
1/31/00—CLIR Publishes Collections, Content, and the Web
1/3/00—Mellon Awards Funds to CLIR
1999
11/29/99—CLIR Publishes Building Preservation Knowledge in Brazil