COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009 DIRECTORS, JULY 1, 2008–JUNE 30, 2009 Francis X. Blouin University of Michigan Mark Dimunation Library of Congress David Gift Michigan State University 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 University of Toronto The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) grew 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 Herman Pabbruwe its information system. CLIR was founded to continue this tradition of Brill support for a national information system and a seamless web of infor- Stephen Rhind-Tutt mation resources, of which all libraries and archives are a part. Alexander Street Press The convening role is central to CLIR’s mission. CLIR brings together James F. Williams, II University of Colorado at Boulder experts from around the country and around the world and asks them to turn their intelligence to the problems that libraries, archives, and infor- Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson mation organizations face as they integrate digital resources and services University of Washington into their well-established print-based environments. Karin Wittenborg University of Virginia CLIR urges individuals to look beyond the immediate challenges and Celia Ribeiro Zaher imagine the most desirable outcomes for the users of libraries and ar- Fundação Biblioteca Nacional Ministério da chives—to be rigorously practical and to dream. Cultura, Brazil * Term ended November 2008 Cover photo credit: Arthur Tilley/Creatas/Jupiterimages 2008–2009 COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES ANNUAL REPORT 2008–2009 Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ii Staff .....................................................................................................................iv Letter from the Chairman ................................................................................ 1 Message from the President............................................................................. 2 The Programs ..................................................................................................... 5 Advisory Groups ............................................................................................. 14 Grants and Contracts ...................................................................................... 15 Financial Statements ....................................................................................... 18 ANNUAL REPORT i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following institutions and individuals provide crucial support for the activities and programs of the Council on Library and Information Resources (as of June 30, 2009): Sponsors Allegheny College Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Luther College American University Case Western Reserve University Macalester College Library Amherst College The Catholic University of America Manhattan College Arcadia University The Claremont Colleges Marquette University Arizona State University Libraries The Clark Art Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology Atlanta University Center Coalition for Networked Information McMaster University Auburn University Library Colby College Mercer University Bates College Colgate University Miami University Baylor University College of Charleston Michigan State University Berea College College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University Middlebury College Boston Public Library College of Wooster Libraries Mississippi State University Libraries Bowdoin College Colorado College Mitchell College Brigham Young University Colorado State University Mount Holyoke College Brill Columbia University National Agricultural Library Brown University Library Connecticut College National Library of Medicine Bryn Mawr College Libraries Cornell University Libraries The New York Public Library Bucknell University Dartmouth College New York University California Digital Library Davidson College North Carolina State University Libraries California Institute of Technology Denison University Northern State University California Lutheran University DePauw University Northeastern University California Polytechnic State University, San Dickinson College Library Northwestern University Libraries Luis Obispo Drexel University Oberlin College Library California State University Bakersfield Duke University Occidental College California State University California Mari- Earlham College The Ohio State University time Academy Emory University Ohio Wesleyan University California State University Channel Islands Franklin & Marshall College Oregon State University Libraries California State University Chico The George Washington University Pacific Lutheran University California State University Dominguez Georgetown University Pennsylvania State University Hills Georgia State University Pepperdine University California State University East Bay Georgia Tech Preservation Technologies California State University Fresno Gettysburg College Princeton University Library California State University Fullerton Goucher College Purdue University Library California State University Humboldt State Grinnell College Reed College University Gustavus Adolphus College Rhodes College California State University Long Beach Hamilton College Rice University California State University Los Angeles Harvard University Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey California State University Monterey Bay Haverford College Saint Lawrence University California State University Northridge Hope College Sarah Lawrence College California State University Office of the Indiana University Sewanee: The University of the South Chancellor Iowa State University Simmons College California State University Pomona Jacobs University (Bremen) Skidmore College California State University Sacramento Johns Hopkins University Libraries Smith College California State University San Bernardino JSTOR Smithsonian Institution California State University San Diego State Kalamazoo College Southeastern Library Network, Inc. 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