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24-496: CLIR may refer to: Council on Library and Information Resources , USA Cross-language information retrieval Calling line identification restriction, one of the elements of the Caller ID system Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CLIR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

48-598: A Ford Foundation program at Vanderbilt University . She then worked with the management training program at the Association of Research Libraries from 1977 to 1981. From 1980 to 1989, she worked for the Council on Library Resources . She served as Dean of the Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science from 1989 to 1992. She served as director of public service and collection management at

72-435: A 21-member board of directors. Through its work, CLIR aims to cultivate cross-disciplinary intellectual leadership, create professional development opportunities, and promote best practices for the preservation, organization, and accessibility of information. The following are among CLIR's major programs. The Digital Library Federation (DLF) is a community of practitioners who advance research, learning, social justice, and

96-712: A master's degree in English from the Southern Illinois University in 1969. She taught English and received a master's degree in library science from the University of Kentucky in 1971. Marcum graduated from the University of Maryland in 1991 with a doctor of philosophy degree in American studies. She was awarded a doctorate in humane letters by the North Carolina State University in 2010. In 2011,

120-567: A national digital library. To ensure that their activities would be compatible with those of LC, the consortium asked LC and the National Archives to join in a new effort—the National Digital Library Federation. The CPA continued to serve as the administrative home for the group, whose name was soon shortened to Digital Library Federation. Deanna B. Marcum Deanna Bowling Marcum (August 5, 1946 – August 16, 2022)

144-793: A timeline of the work and influence of the ASPCA since its founding on April 10, 1866. CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows work on projects that forge and strengthen connections among library collections, educational technologies, and current research. The program offers recent PhD graduates the chance to help develop research tools, resources, and services while exploring new career opportunities. Host institutions benefit from fellows' field-specific expertise by gaining insights into their collections' potential uses and users, scholarly information behaviors, and current teaching and learning practices within particular disciplines. CLIR offers about 15 fellowships annually to support original-source doctoral dissertation research in

168-885: The American Library Association awarded her the Melvil Dewey Medal the association's highest honor. In 2016, Marcum received the Miles Conrad Award in recognition of her digital library leadership from the National Federation of Advanced Information Services , which merged with the National Information Standards Organization in 2019. Marcum began her career teaching English at the University of Kentucky, where she switched careers to librarianship and worked for three years on

192-690: The Carnegie Corporation of New York , the National Endowment for the Humanities , and the Pew Memorial Trust . CLR's own grant-making activities focused on increasing library cooperation, supporting the application of technological developments to library needs, and conducting research on library problems. It funded programs to improve nationwide bibliographic access and services, to support collection development, and to develop strategies for

216-493: The Columbia University Libraries , was particularly attuned to the problem of the deteriorating condition of books and journals in library collections, and, in 1972, in response to failed efforts of the Association of Research Libraries to formulate a plan for collective action, had articulated recommendations for a national preservation program. Haas served as interim chair of the newly formed Commission, until

240-652: The Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995. In 1995, she was appointed president of the Council on Library Resources and oversaw its merger with the Commission on Preservation and Access to create the Council on Library and Information Resources . She served as president of CLIR until August 2003. From 2003 to 2011, she returned to the Library of Congress as Associate Librarian for Library Services, directing fifty-three divisions and offices with sixteen hundred employees and guiding

264-543: The Burgundy Reports, which are substantive reports on topics relating to digital libraries, economics of information, long-term access to information, and the future of the library and its leadership. CLIR publications also include CLIR Issues , a bimonthly newsletter covering topics related to CLIR's agenda; and the blog Re: Thinking . The full text of most CLIR publications is available on the CLIR website. CLIR resulted from

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288-533: The appointment of Patricia Battin as its first president in August 1987. A group of librarians working on projects to test the feasibility of using digital technology for preservation urged CPA to coordinate activities of a small but growing group of libraries that shared digital interests. The Digital Library Federation (DLF) grew out of informal discussions among eight librarians (the LaGuardia Eight, named after

312-570: The appointment of Nancy Davenport in June 2004. Davenport left CLIR in 2006 and was succeeded by Charles Henry. Established in 1956 with a $ 5 million grant from the Ford Foundation , the Council on Library Resources (CLR) was an independent coordinating body that aimed to address common problems faced by libraries in an era of explosive library growth and the emergence of new technologies. Louis B. Wright ,

336-597: The director of the Folger Shakespeare Library , was a principal figure in the organization's founding. Verner Clapp , then the Deputy Librarian of Congress , was named the first president, and served until 1967. CLR subsequently received further grants from the Ford Foundation, amounting to $ 31.5 million by 1983; and, beginning in 1978, also received funding from a variety of other sources, including

360-410: The humanities or related social sciences. In partnership with EDUCAUSE , CLIR organizes the annual Leading Change Institute (LCI). LCI aims to prepare and develop the next generation of leaders in libraries, information services, and higher education by engaging those who seek to further develop their skills for the benefit of higher education. The Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education

384-568: The library toward a more digital future. Her areas of expertise included cataloging and preservation . On January 1, 2012, shortly after her retirement from the Library of Congress, Marcum joined Ithaka S+R, a division of Ithaka Harbors , as its first managing director. She received grants from the Gates Foundation , Lumina Foundation , and Mellon Foundation . She retired in 2016, succeeded by former Vassar College president Catharine Bond Hill , but continued to work for Ithaka S+R as

408-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CLIR&oldid=591145121 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Council on Library and Information Resources CLIR is overseen by

432-410: The meeting site at LaGuardia Airport). The group soon comprised 12 institutions that were committed to looking at the broader implications of digital technology. In 1994, the group called for a planning strategy for the development of digital libraries and began to organize themselves to continue local efforts while also sharing their findings. At about the same time, LC announced its intention to create

456-419: The merger of the Commission on Preservation and Access ( CPA ) and the Council on Library Resources ( CLR ) in 1997. Planning for the merger began in 1995, with the appointment of Deanna B. Marcum as the president of both organizations by their respective boards. Following the merger, Marcum served as president of CLIR until 2003. She was succeeded by Richard Detweiler, who served as interim director until

480-520: The number was about the same. The program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . By the grant that CLIR provided on the program "'The Animal Turn': Digitizing Animal Protection and Human-Animal Studies Collections" ASPCA ( American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ) digitized a curated collection of more than 150,000 pages of archival material, including annual reports, journals, scrapbooks, photos, and publications that provide

504-457: The preservation of library materials. The Commission on Preservation and Access (CPA) was established as a permanent body in 1986. It had its beginnings in the work of a task force on preservation and access that was one of several task forces formed jointly by the Association of American Universities and the Council on Library Resources, under the leadership of CLR president Warren J. Haas, who took office in 1978. Haas, who had previously headed

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528-683: The public good through the creative design and wise application of digital library technologies. It is the place where CLIR's broader information-community strategies are informed and enriched by digital library practice. DLF's activities are guided by the DLF Advisory Committee, which includes five members of CLIR's board of directors. Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives is a national competition for digitizing collections of rare and unique content in cultural memory institutions. In 2021, CLIR awarded nearly $ 4 million to institutions holding collections of high scholarly value. In 2022,

552-495: Was an American librarian and nonprofit leader who served as president of the Council on Library and Information Resources from 1995 to 2003, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress from 2003 to 2011, and managing director of Ithaka S+R from 2012 to 2016. Born in Salem, Indiana , Marcum received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1967 and went on to receive

576-411: Was formed in 2012 to examine emerging national-scale digital projects and their potential to help transform higher education in terms of scholarly productivity, teaching, cost-efficiency, and sustainability. Committee members include college and university presidents and provosts, deans, university librarians, and association heads. CLIR produces a variety of print and web-based publications, most notably

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