CLIR relies on independent reviewers and readers to provide feedback on Digitizing Hidden Collections grant applications.
Participation in all review activities is by invitation, however, however, if you would like to be considered for reviewer service in the future, please fill out our volunteer form (coming soon).
Review Panel
An independent review panel provides scores and comments based on a provided rubric and meets to decide which initial applicants will be invited to submit a full Final Application. The review panel will also evaluate the final application pool and make funding recommendations to CLIR at the conclusion of each application cycle.
Timothy A. Barber
Executive Director
The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida (US)
Amy Bhatt
Co-Curator
Museum of History and Industry (US)
Rachel Bickel
Mukurtu Library Fellow
Washington State University (US)
Steven D. Booth
Archivist/Project Manager, Johnson Publishing Company Archive
Getty Research Institute (US)
Dr. Kate Deibel
Web Accessibility Engineer and Analyst
Prime Access Consulting (US)
Makeba Dixon-Hill
Consultant
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (US)
Karine Duhamel
Private Researcher (CA)
Jennifer Ferretti
Senior Program Officer, DLF
CLIR (US)
Raymond Frogner
Head of Archives
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba (CA)
Jennifer Garcon
Librarian for Modern + Contemporary Special Collections
Princeton University (US)
Charles Henry
President
CLIR (US)
Hannah Scates Kettler
Head of Digital Scholarship & Initiatives
Iowa State University (US)
Review Panel Co-Chair
Dominique Luster
Founder, Principle Archivist
The Luster Company (US)
Sheila McAlister
Director, Digital Library of Georgia
University of Georgia (US)
Katie McCormick
Associate Dean for Special Collections
Florida State University (US)
Review Panel Co-Chair
Cait McKinney
Assistant Professor
Simon Fraser University (CA)
Lina Ortega
Associate Curator, Western History Collections
The University of Oklahoma (US)
Selena Ortega-Chiolero
Archivist
Chickaloon Village Traditional Council (US)
Matthew L. Sisk
GIS/Anthropology Librarian
University of Notre Dame (US)
Stephen Spong
Director, Law Library
Western University (CA)
Martin Tsang
Cuban Heritage Collection Librarian | Curator of Latin American Collections
University of Miami (US)
Micah Zeller
Head of Scholarly Communication Services
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Readers
Readers are responsible for reviewing a set of initial applications and providing scores and comments based on a provided rubric. Their contributions are shared with the full review panel, who meets to decide which initial applicants will be invited to submit a full Final Application.
Dana R. Chandler
University Archivist / Associate Professor
Tuskegee University (US)
Ida E. Jones
University Archivist
Morgan State University (US)
Steve Marks
Digital Preservation Librarian
University of Toronto Libraries (CA)
Monica L. Mercado
Assistant Professor of History
Colgate University (US)
Trevor Owens
Head, Digital Content Management
Library of Congress (US)
Thomas Padilla
Director of Information Systems and Technology Strategy
Center for Research Libraries (US)
Ashley Robertson Preston
Assistant Professor of History
Howard University (US)
Sarah Severson
Digital Projects Librarian
University of Alberta (US)
Mark David Turner
Manager of Audio-Visual Archives & Media Literacy
OKâlaKatiget Society and Nunatsiavut Government (CA)