The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a three-year, $2.19 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support general operations. The award will allow CLIR to launch a range of new initiatives in six program areas: cyberinfrastructure, preservation, the next scholar, the emerging library, leadership, and new models.
The breadth of CLIR's new agenda is represented in six interrelated program areas:
Cyberinfrastructure defines the base technologies of computation and communication, the software programs, and the data-curation and data-preservation programs needed to manage large-scale multimedia data sets, particularly those pertaining to the digital record of our cultural heritage;
Preservation explores sustainable strategies for preserving all media in a complex technological, policy, and economic environment;
The Next Scholar explores and assesses new methodologies, fields of inquiry, strategies for data gathering and collaboration, and modes of communication that are likely to define the next generation of scholars;
The Emerging Library explores and articulates the changing concept of the library with particular focus on its core functions and the consequences for staffing, research and teaching, and economic modeling;
Leadership investigates and defines the skills and expertise needed to administer, inspire, and inform the next generation; and
New Models extrapolates from an array of CLIR's findings and other related research how academic organizations, institutions, behaviors, and culture may evolve over the coming decades
FreePint Shop:
VIP LiveWire:
