Council Resources
Council ON Library InformationAND Resources Annual Report 2007–2008 DIRECTORS , JULY 1, 2007–JUNE 30, 2008 Francis X. Blouin University of Michigan Peter Brantley Digital Library Federation Mark Dimunation Library of Congress Charles Henry Council on Library and Information Resources Michael Ann Holly Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Paula T. Kaufman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wendy Pradt Lougee University of Minnesota Claudia Lux Central and Regional Library of Berlin Carole Moore The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) grew University of Toronto out of the 1997 merger of the Commission on Preservation and Access Stephen Nichols (CPA) and the Council on Library Resources (CLR). Over the years, CPA The Johns Hopkins University and CLR, in partnership with libraries, archives, and other information S. Georgia Nugent providers, had advocated collaborative approaches to preserving the Kenyon College nation’s intellectual heritage and strengthening the many components of its information system. CLIR was founded to continue this tradition of Herman Pabbruwe Brill support for a national information system and a seamless web of infor- mation resources, of which all libraries and archives are a part. James F. Williams, II University of Colorado at Boulder The convening role is central to CLIR’s mission. CLIR brings together Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson experts from around the country and around the world and asks them to University of Washington turn their intelligence to the problems that libraries, archives, and infor- Karin Wittenborg mation organizations face as they integrate digital resources and services University of Virginia into their well-established print-based environments. Celia Ribeiro Zaher Fundação Biblioteca Nacional Ministério da CLIR urges individuals to look beyond the immediate challenges and Cultura, Brazil imagine the most desirable outcomes for the users of libraries and ar- chives—to be rigorously practical and to dream.
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