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Information: Easing our Burdens
—By Sohair Wastawy In my social and physical isolation my mind has been wandering to a time when I was 13 years old, in Egypt.
April 15, 2020
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An Open Knowledge Rapid Response to COVID-19: An interview with Micah Vandegrift at the NC State University Libraries
In this post, CLIR Director of Global Strategic Initiatives Nicole Ferraiolo interviews Micah Vandegrift, of North Carolina State University Libraries. What do you do
April 13, 2020
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Unknown Pigments and Digitization in the Age of COVID-19
—Marlena Cravens With the wildfire spread of COVID-19, many archives have closed in a bid to protect their employees and to decrease the rates of
April 8, 2020
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Rebuilding
—Charles Henry Of late we have been understandably immersed in the current moment. The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetime, a disruptive force that
April 7, 2020
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From Live Programming to the Digital Environment
By Thera Webb and Marissa Friedman March 10, 2020, was a big day in Massachusetts. It was the day Massachusetts declared a state of emergency
April 6, 2020
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A Message to Our Community About COVID-19
Dear Colleagues, We hope this message finds you, your family, and your friends safe and well. As the COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented personal and institutional
March 17, 2020
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CLIR Announces 2019 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Awards
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced the award of more than $4.1 million to fund 18 projects for 2019 Digitizing Hidden
January 9, 2020
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Edward Ayers, Fenella France Join CLIR Board
At its fall meeting, the CLIR Board elected new members Edward Ayers, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond;
December 4, 2019
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What the Past Knows
—Abby Smith Rumsey CLIR’s Material Memory podcast series explores ways in which collective memory and the organizations entrusted with its stewardship are experiencing the disruptions
December 4, 2019
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Join Us for CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Q&A Sessions!
CLIR is now accepting applications for 2020-2022 CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowships. The deadline for prospective fellows is January 10, 2020. Potential applicants, as well as current
November 18, 2019
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CLIR Receives Sloan Foundation Grant for Energy Social Science Data Curation Fellows
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) a grant of $547,321 for three new postdoctoral fellowships in
November 12, 2019
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CLIR Invites Applications for Digitizing At-Risk Audio and Audiovisual Materials
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications from collecting institutions for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials through
November 1, 2019
