Role Negotiation
By Hannah Rasmussen In my January 30 blog I wrote about developing personal metrics as a way to “know that you’re winning.” After that blog went live
April 3, 2014
The Need for Reskilling
By Rita Van Duinen I recently attended a webinar on training data-savvy librarians that ended with the following quote by Eric Shinseki: “If you dislike
March 27, 2014
Linked Open Data in the Cultural Heritage World: Issues for Information Creators and Users
By Patricia Harpring Since returning to sunny Los Angeles from lovely but cold Milwaukee, I’ve been contemplating the bright potential future for cultural heritage information
March 20, 2014
CLIR Appoints New Members to Digital Library Federation Advisory Committee
Washington, DC, March 19, 2014-The Board of Directors of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has approved three new members to serve on
March 19, 2014
Geometry in Motion
By Charles Henry Part 3 of a 3-part series In two recent blogs I noted the predicted imminent appearance of neuromorphic processors: new machines that will have
March 13, 2014
CLIR Issues Number 98
Number 98 • March/April 2014 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents Interact with our New Map of CLIR’s Reach! CLIR Appoints John Unsworth Distinguished Presidential Fellow
March 12, 2014
IDCC: Building an International Community of Practice
By Rachel Frick Last week I was honored to be one of the 53 poster presenters at the 9th Annual International Data Curation Conference (IDCC) held in San Francisco. It
March 6, 2014
Innovations Through Listening And Learning
By Steven Heslip Participatory design affords us an opportunity to understand our users’ perspectives through their eyes and their words. We ask questions about their
February 27, 2014
CLIR Publishes Participatory Design in Academic Libraries: New Reports and Findings
Eight academic libraries report on how they improved services by involving users in the redesign of space and technologies Washington, DC, February 26, 2014-The Council on
February 26, 2014
Unexpected Alignments at MLA
By Justin Schell The recent OCLC report, “Does Every Research Library Need a Digital Humanities Center?”, unfortunately represents digital humanities scholars and librarians as encompassing completely
February 20, 2014
Who? Machines. (Part 2)
By Charles Henry Part 2 of a 3-part series My January 9 blog highlighted the contemporary paradox of new computers that will reach the market later this
February 6, 2014
How do I Know I’m Winning?
By Hannah Rasmussen Just over seven months ago I made a leap from consulting in the for-profit sector to working as a research fellow in
January 30, 2014
