CLIR Annual Report: 1997 – 1998
- Stanley A. Chodorow, Chair, University of Pennsylvania
- Betty G. Bengtson, University of Washington
- Virginia Betancourt,** Biblioteca
Nacional de Venezuela - Christine L. Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles
- Robert Bovenschulte,** American
Chemical Society - Harvey Brooks*
- Jerry D. Campbell, University of Southern California
- Samuel DuBois Cook,* Dillard
University - Billy E. Frye, Emory University
- David B. Gracy, II, The University of Texas at Austin
- William N. Hubbard, Jr.,*
- Carole Huxley,* New
York State Education Department - Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library
- Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Die Deutsche Bibliothek
- Herman Liebaers,*
- Peter Lyman, University of California, Berkeley
- Deanna B. Marcum, Council on Library and Information Resources
- Marilyn Gell Mason, Cleveland Public Library
- Charles Phelps,** University
of Rochester - Cornelius J. Pings,* Association
of American Universities - Elaine Sloan, Columbia University Libraries
- Winston Tabb, Library of Congress
- Dan Tonkery, Dawson Subscription Group
- Sidney Verba, Harvard University Library
- Until November 1997
** Beginning May 1998
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) grew out
of the 1997 merger of the Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA)
and the Council on Library Resources (CLR). Over the years, CPA and
CLR, in partnership with libraries, archives, and other information
providers, advocated collaborative approaches to preserving the nation’s
intellectual heritage and strengthening the many components of its
information system. CLIR was founded to continue this tradition of
support for a national information system and a seamless web of information
resources, of which all libraries and archives are a part.
The convening role is central to CLIR’s mission. CLIR brings together
experts from around the country and around the world and asks them
to turn their intelligence to the problems that libraries, archives,
and information organizations face as they integrate digital resources
and services into their well-established print-based environments.
CLIR urges individuals to look beyond the immediate challenges and
imagine the most desirable outcomes for the users of library and
archivesto be rigorously practical and to dream.
