On Bridges and Boundaries
By Christa Williford Last Friday, April 5, I was fortunate to introduce Emory University Anthropology Librarian and former CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow Lori Jahnke and Emory’s
April 11, 2013
The Brain as Computer/Computer as Brain (part 2)
By Charles Henry We are using digital technology in unprecedented ways, whether in the almost seamless integration of computational tools and resources in scientific research,
April 4, 2013
2013 Mellon Dissertation Fellows Named
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, April 2, 2013-Seventeen graduate students have been selected to receive awards this year under the Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation
April 2, 2013
CLIR Receives Sloan Foundation Grant for Data Curation Fellows
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 Washington, DC, April 1, 2013-The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $1.3 million to
April 1, 2013
Our Relationship with Internet Search Engines
By Kenning Arlitsch Kenning Arlitsch, dean of the library at Montana State University, coauthored this blog with Patrick O’Brien, semantic web research director at Montana
March 21, 2013
Not the Usual Suspects
By Rachel Frick This week I had the great opportunity to moderate a panel discussion, “Culture Hack: Libraries & Museums Open for Making,” at the 2013 SXSWi
March 14, 2013
CLIR Issues Number 92
Number 92 • March/April 2013 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) Contents Wanted: Humanists Beyond Academia Our Relationship with Internet Search Engines Digital Public Library of America
March 12, 2013
The Brain as Computer/The Computer as Brain
By Charles Henry Part 1 The metaphor of the brain as a kind of computer has been popular for decades. Recently, articles have appeared that
March 7, 2013
Differentiation
By John Butler What will set the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) apart? What problems is DPLA trying to solve, and what are the
March 1, 2013
DLF Supports Live Streaming from #ideadrop House, Panel at SXSWi
Contact: Kathlin Smith 202-939-4754 #ideadrop house provides venue for discussions to advance libraries and librarianship Washington, DC, February 27, 2013-CLIR’s Digital Library Federation (DLF) will
February 27, 2013
A Sound Connection to Our Past
By Alan Gevinson The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan was officially launched yesterday. The publication marks the last step in a 12-year-long project to
February 14, 2013
“How Much Do We Need to Know?”
By Charles Henry Recently CLIR, the Research and Academic Program of the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute of Art, and Washington University-St. Louis sponsored an
February 7, 2013
