Council on Library and Information Resources
| Abbreviation | CLIR |
|---|---|
| Formation | May 1956 |
| Type |
Non-profit NGO |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, U.S. |
| Location | |
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Region served
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United States |
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Membership
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183 |
| Charles Henry | |
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Budget
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$11 million |
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Staff
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17 |
| Website | www |
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is an American independent, nonprofit organization. It works with libraries, cultural institutions, and higher learning communities on developing strategies to improve research, teaching, and learning environments. It is based in Washington, D.C., United States. CLIR is supported primarily by annual dues from its 183 sponsoring institutions and 156 DLF members, and by foundation grants and individual donations.
CLIR is overseen by 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 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 is led by Bethany Nowviskie and is 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. Last year, CLIR awarded nearly $4 million to institutions holding collections of high scholarly value.The program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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 the humanities or related social sciences.
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