Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, D.C., December 9, 2014-The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funds to create a national competition for digitizing collections of rare and unique content in cultural memory institutions. The program is built upon the model of CLIR’s Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and...

Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, Dec. 3, 2014-The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced the following recipients of the 2014 Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives awards: Adirondack Historical Association Living with Wilderness: Enhancing Access to The Adirondack Museum Historic Photograph Collection $157,685 Appalshop, Inc. We Still Scream: The Mountain...