We are pleased to share the news, announced today, that Lyon College has appointed W. Joseph (Joey) King as its next president, effective July 1, 2017. We congratulate Mr. King and wish him well in this new phase of a career that is distinguished by a long history of contributions to liberal arts education....
Number 114 • November/December 2016 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents Report Examines Early Impacts of the National Digital Stewardship Residency ProgramsCLIR Welcoms New Board Members, Appoints New Officers CLIR and Axiell to Partner on Digital Library of the Middle East 2016 Forum: Reaffirming Core Values Deadlines Approaching: Postdoctoral Fellowships, Leading Change, Rovelstad Scholarship Welcome...
Number 113 • September/October 2016 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents An Evolving Continuity: CLIR at 60 A Memorial Tribute to Warren J. Haas Announcing New Webinar Series: Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections CLIR Launches Recordings at Risk Grant Program Apply Now for Leading Change Institute Follow the Forum! CLIR Issues is produced in electronic...
Washington, DC, August 23, 2016—Given constant shifts in technology and the changing landscape of higher education, what are the current needs related to information technology and liberal education? A new CLIR white paper identifies those needs by examining the evolution and accomplishments of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) and consulting...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, July 29, 2016-CLIR has named its new cohort of 19 postdoctoral fellows for 2016. The cohort includes nine recipients of CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Curation for the Sciences and Social Sciences, including four fellowships focused on software curation; five recipients of CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Curation...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, July 26, 2016-New U.S. government requirements for exposing and managing federally funded research data add urgency to the call for curating data that can be used, reused, and exploited by future generations, according to a new report from the Council on...
Washington, DC, July 26, 2016—New U.S. government requirements for exposing and managing federally funded research data add urgency to the call for curating data that can be used, reused, and exploited by future generations, according to a new report from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The Open Data Imperative: How the...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, July 19, 2016-The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded CLIR $149,500 to support exploratory research, community building, and technical prototyping for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME). Along with the horrific loss of life and human suffering in the region, the cultural heritage of many nations...
Number 112 • July/August 2016 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents Technology in Liberal Education: Identifying Needs and Opportunities Programs Available for DLF Forum, Liberal Arts Preconference, and DigiPres2016 Report Examines Federal Public Access Plans and Their Implications for the Cultural Heritage Community Meet our Visual Studies Fellows CLIR and DLF Sign Library Digital Privacy...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, June 29, 2016-The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded CLIR $995,000 to support a program of CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Curation for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The program will fund a cohort of five fellows for two years at...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, May 24, 2016-A new report from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) surveys the current landscape of archival research and the experiences of emerging scholars seeking to navigate it. Terra Cognita: Graduate Students in the Archives, draws upon data from CLIR’s Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation...
Number 111 • May/June 2016 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents CLIR Receives Grant for Data Curation Fellowships in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Announcing Postdoctoral Fellows 2016! Report Surveys Changing Landscape of Archival Research & Graduate Student Research Experiences Openlab Workshop Videos and Report Now Available Register Now for 2016 DLF Forum and Affiliated...