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
CLIR Receives Mellon Grant for Postdoctoral Fellowships in Data Curation for Early Modern Studies
Washington, DC, October 21, 2013-The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $916,000 to support a program of
October 21, 2013
Registration for E-Science Institute Now Open
Washington, DC, October 21, 2013-Registration for the 2014 DuraSpace/DLF E-Science Institute is now open. The E-Science Institute is designed to help academic and research libraries
October 21, 2013
Thread Count: Cataloging Textile Collections
By Caitlin Harvey Before I started my 22-month job as a textile cataloger, my knowledge of Pennsylvania German culture was limited to the dandelion and
October 10, 2013
Data as a Human Condition
By Charles Henry The term big data is popular today, as our world accumulates unprecedented amounts of information—approximately 2.5 quintillian bytes per day (2.5×10 18). Fields of
October 4, 2013
CLIR Receives IMLS Grant to Identify Needs in Continuing Education for Managing Cultural Heritage Data
Study will examine federally mandated plans for open access and their implications for continuing education needs for libraries, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. Washington,
September 26, 2013
Report from Access Conference 2013
By Louisa Kwasigroch I’ve just returned from lovely coastal St. John’s, Newfoundland, and the Access Conference 2013, which wrapped up today. While Access has been going
September 26, 2013
CLIR Issues Number 95
Number 95 • September/October 2013 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents CLIR Publishes Born Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories Providing for the Future
September 12, 2013
The Long and Winding Road
By Alexandra Bolintineanu I came to CLIR by a long and winding road. From the Philadelphia airport, my cab and I drove through a darkened
September 12, 2013
