Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, November 13, 2017—The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) two grants totaling $1,446,561 for 12 new postdoctoral fellowships in data curation for the sciences and social sciences. A $521,200 grant from Sloan’s Energy and Environment program—its first to CLIR—will create...
Contact: Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez Washington, DC, October 31, 2017—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced that the following 16 institutions have been awarded Recordings at Risk grants: Institution: Binghamton University Libraries Project: Learning from Legends: Reflections on the 1960s Collection Amount: $16,552.50 Institution: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University...
IMLS grant supports collaboration between organizations, travel fellowships, and HBCU/DLF Liberal Arts Preconference Washington, DC, September 20, 2017—Twenty-four individuals, primarily from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or with HBCU backgrounds, will attend the 2017 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum and DLF Liberal Arts/HBCUs Preconference in October, thanks to a grant of fellowship funds...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, September 13, 2017—A new report from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) explores the contributions of today’s academic libraries—as providers of resources, professional support, and space—to learning and teaching. A Splendid Torch: Learning and Teaching in Today’s Academic Libraries features essays written by current and former CLIR postdoctoral fellows...
Contact: dlmepress@clir.org Washington, DC, August 22, 2017—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Qatar National Library (QNL) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation to develop, enhance, and make available digitized cultural heritage content through the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME). The DLME is a collaborative effort that aspires...
Number 118 • July/August 2017 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents Qatar National Library Joins Global Network of Partners Contributing to Digital Library of the Middle East Archive Matters: Mellon Fellows Share Perspectives Digitizing Special Formats Wiki Assists Digitization Planning Follow the Forum and Affiliated Events Forthcoming Publication: A Splendid Torch Don’t Miss These Opportunities: HBCU Forum...
Contacts: Kathlin Smith ksmith@clir.org IIPC Steering Committee steering@iipc.simplelists.com Washington, DC, July 12, 2017—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Digital Library Federation (DLF) have agreed to serve as new fiscal host for the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC), a global organization that coordinates efforts across libraries and other institutions to preserve internet content for...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, June 28, 2017—The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded CLIR $981,000 to augment and extend its efforts to establish sound data management in Latin American and Caribbean Studies by building a professional cohort of knowledgeable specialists working in the field. Complementing the first round of fellowships in Latin American and...
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, June 28, 2017—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a 24-month, $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support general operations starting July 2017. The grant provides funds for core administrative and management staff that support the broad range of CLIR’s programmatic activity....
Number 117 • May/June 2017 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents CLIR Names 2017-2019 Postdoctoral Fellows CLIR Receives Mellon Grants for Operations, Data Curation Fellowships Leading Change Institute 2017: Snapshots and Reflections Register Now for 2017 DLF Forum and Affiliated Events! Reminder: Recordings at Risk Application Deadline is July 31 CLIR 2015-2016 Annual Report Now...
Washington, DC, May 22, 2017—The Whiting Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $170,000 to design, implement, and launch a prototype Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME). CLIR will work closely with its primary organizational partner on the DLME, The Antiquities Coalition, and with five universities to create a...
Number 116 • March/April 2017 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents CLIR Awards $154,817 for Recordings at Risk Webinar Series Available on Best Practices for Increasing Usability of GLAM Collections Jacqueline Goldsby Appointed CLIR Presidential Fellow Endangered Data Week Highlights Threats to Public Data Benjamin Rearick Receives 2017 Rovelstad Scholarship CLIR Names 2017 Mellon Dissertation...