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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. 2007–2008 COUN C IL ON LIB rar Y A ND INFO R M A TION RESOU rc ES ANNU A L REPO R T 2007–2008 Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ii Staff .....................................................................................................................iv Letter from the Chairperson ............................................................................ 1 Message from the President............................................................................. 2 The Programs ..................................................................................................... 4 Advisory Groups ............................................................................................. 14 Grants and Contracts ...................................................................................... 15 Financial Statements ....................................................................................... 17 ANNU A L REPO R T i AC KNOWLEDGMENTS The following institutions and individuals provide crucial support for the activities and programs of the Council on Library and Information Resources: Sponsors Agnes Scott College California State University Stanislaus Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering Albion College Carleton College & Technology Allegheny College Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Linfield College American University Case Western Reserve University Luther College Amherst College The Catholic University of America Macalester College Library Arcadia University The Claremont Colleges Manhattan College Arizona State University Libraries The Clark Art Institute Marquette University Atlanta University Center Coalition for Networked Information Massachusetts Institute of Technology Auburn University Library Colby College McMaster University Bates College Colgate University Mercer University Berea College College of Charleston Miami University Boston Public Library College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University Middlebury College Bowdoin College College of Wooster Libraries Mississippi State University Libraries Brigham Young University Colorado College Mitchell College Brill Colorado State University Mount Holyoke College Brown University Library Columbia University National Agricultural Library Bryn Mawr College Libraries Connecticut College National Library of Medicine Bucknell University Cornell University Libraries The New York Public Library California Digital Library Dartmouth College New York University California Institute of Technology Davidson College North Carolina State University Libraries California Lutheran University Denison University Northern State University California Polytechnic State University, San DePauw University Northeastern University Luis Obispo Dickinson College Library Northwestern University Libraries California State University Bakersfield Drexel University Oberlin College Library California State University California Mari- Duke University Occidental College time Academy Earlham College The Ohio State University California State University Channel Islands Emory University Ohio Wesleyan University California State University Chico Franklin & Marshall College Oregon State University Libraries California State University Dominguez The George Washington University Pacific Lutheran University Hills Georgetown University Pennsylvania State University California State University East Bay Georgia State University Pepperdine University California State University Fresno Georgia Tech Preservation Technologies California State University Fullerton Gettysburg College Princeton University Library California State University Humboldt State Goucher College Purdue University Library University Grinnell College Reed College California State University Long Beach Gustavus Adolphus College Rhodes College California State University Los Angeles Hamilton College Rice University California State University Monterey Bay Harvard University Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey California State University Northridge Haverford College Saint Lawrence University California State University Office of the Hope College Sarah Lawrence College Chancellor Indiana University Sewanee: The University of the South California State University Pomona Iowa State University Simmons College California State University Sacramento Jacobs University (Bremen) Skidmore College California State University San Bernardino Johns Hopkins University Libraries Smith College California State University San Diego State JSTOR Smithsonian Institution University Kalamazoo College Southeastern Library Network, Inc. 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