Our Silent Film Heritage—Missing, Believed Lost
By David Pierce Public interest in silent films has never been higher, it seems, than today. Beautiful restored copies are released on DVD and BluRay,
December 5, 2013
CLIR and LC Publish Report on America’s Endangered Silent-Film Heritage
First-ever Database Tracks Existing Films Worldwide Washington, DC, December 4, 2013-The Council on Library and Information Resources, in partnership with the Library of Congress, today
December 4, 2013
Talking Amongst Ourselves
By Rachel Frick This week I had the opportunity to participate in the second meeting of Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (ANADPII). For background on this
November 22, 2013
CLIR Publishes Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects
Washington, DC, November 14, 2013-The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has published Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects. The report examines how
November 14, 2013
The Data Doldrums; or, Reflections at the End of a Grant
By Spencer Keralis For the past two years, starting as a CLIR Fellow in 2011, and continuing in my current role as director for digital
November 14, 2013
CLIR Issues Number 96
Number 96 • November/December 2013 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents CLIR Announces 2013 Hidden Collections Awards, 2014 Funding Cycle CLIR and LC Publish Report on
November 12, 2013
Liberal Arts Colleges and Digital Scholarship
By Carrie Rampp How might liberal arts colleges collaborate in support of digital scholarship?Are there inherent strengths of liberal arts colleges that, together, we can
November 8, 2013
CLIR Publishes “Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories”
Report offers guidelines for donors, dealers, and archives on the acquisition and transfer of items created and managed in digital form Washington, DC, October 31,
October 31, 2013
Born Digital: Planning for Access
By Gabriela Redwine When Tony Geiss (1924-2011), an American songwriter and staff writer for Sesame Street, wrote a song called “Don’t Eat the Pictures” to
October 31, 2013
Molly Corbett Broad Appointed to Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education
Washington, DC, October 30, 2013- Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education (ACE) and former president of the University of North Carolina,
October 30, 2013
How We Learned to Start/Stop “Speaking in Code”
By Bethany Nowviskie Here’s a consummation devoutly to be wished: digital humanities research and practice becomes its best self, and finds scholars and technology staff
October 24, 2013
CLIR Appoints Rita Van Duinen Curriculum and Research Strategist
Washington, DC, October 23, 2013-The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has appointed Rita Van Duinen to the newly created position of Curriculum and
October 23, 2013