Opening Open Repositories
By Jon Dunn I recently returned from Helsinki, Finland, where I had the pleasure of attending the 9th annual International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2014). This year’s
June 26, 2014
CLIR Appoints Michael Edson Distinguished Presidential Fellow
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, June 24, 2014-The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has appointed Michael Edson CLIR Distinguished Presidential Fellow. Michael
June 24, 2014
The Storied Context of Story Telling
By Charles Henry On the first day of discussions at the recently concluded Leading Change Institute (LCI), participants were asked to identify challenges they believe
June 19, 2014
A Good Time to be a Leader in Higher Ed
By Joseph Shelley We just wrapped up the 2014 CLIR/EDUCAUSE Leading Change Institute. This institute brought together a talented group of higher education library and
June 12, 2014
Censored Books and Archival Adventures
By Hannah Florence Marcus As I enter into the final months of my CLIR fellowship, it is a treat to reflect on the diversity of
May 22, 2014
CLIR Issues Number 99
Number 99 • May/June 2014 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents How do We Ensure Digitized Collections Remain Discoverable? Twenty-Six Awarded CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellowships CLIR Receives
May 12, 2014
CLIR Board Elects New Members
Contact: Kathlin Smith, 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, May 8, 2014-The Board of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) elected the following new members at
May 8, 2014
Discommoded by the Archive
By Fred Moody Our just-concluded stint as guest editors of Archive Journal‘s new issue, entitled “Publishing the Archive,” has proven sobering and instructive, to say the
May 8, 2014
Committee on Coherence at Scale Forms Steering Committee
Washington, DC, May 5, 2014-The Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education established a steering committee at its April meeting. The Steering Committee is
May 5, 2014
Net Neutrality: an Open Letter to the FCC
By Bethany Nowviskie This is a brief post meant to direct your attention to an almost equally brief letter—and to an issue of likely interest to
May 1, 2014
Un-Hidden Collections: CLIR’s seven-year experiment in exposing scholarly resources and the question of digitization
Amy Lucko and Jena Winberry of CLIR contributed to this post. With funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CLIR issued the seventh request for
April 24, 2014
Montana Historical Society announces the Lee Metcalf Photograph Collection
By Matthew Peek The Montana Historical Society (MHS), recipients of a 2012 CLIR “Hidden Collections” grant to process the Lee Metcalf Photograph and Film Collections,
April 24, 2014