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Subject: [Marl] Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million for Program to
CatalogHidden Collections
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For immediate release Contact: Kathlin
Smith
March 17, 2008
ksmith@clir.org
202-939-4754
NEWS RELEASE
Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million
for Program to Catalog Hidden Collections
Washington, DC--The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council
on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $4.27 million to create a
national program to identify and catalog hidden special collections and
archives.
Through a national competition, the program will award funds to
institutions holding collections of high scholarly value that are
difficult or impossible to locate through finding aids. Award recipients
will create descriptive information for their hidden collections that
will be linked to and interoperable with all other projects funded by
this grant, to form a federated environment that can be built upon over
time.
CLIR will issue a request for proposals by early June, and decisions
will be announced in fall 2008. CLIR expects to award about $4 million
in the first cycle. It is possible that the program will be extended for
subsequent funding cycles over five years.
"Librarians and archivists have long despaired at the huge amount of
intellectually valuable information that, for lack of cataloging, is
unknown or inaccessible to scholars," said CLIR Board Chairperson Paula
Kaufman. "This award to CLIR underscores the importance of the hidden
collections problem and supports a coordinated, national response. On
behalf of the community and the CLIR Board, I want to express my deep
gratitude to the Mellon Foundation for its decision to support this
important initiative."
"Only a national program can effectively address the problem of hidden
collections," said CLIR President Charles Henry. "The records and
descriptions this program creates will be accessible through the
Internet and the Web, exposing collections to a global audience of
scholars, students, and teachers. It will facilitate the harvesting,
aggregation, and thematic correlation of the records to advance
intellectual productivity. As a cyberinfrastructure effort, the program
will also build sustainable communities of complementary backgrounds and
perspectives within higher education over time."
CLIR will form a review panel to evaluate proposals and select award
recipients.
Scholars will make up half of the ten-person panel; the remaining five
will include one university and one college library director, one expert
in special collections and one in information technology, and CLIR's
president. "The composition of the committee is meant to ensure the
program's priority of making collections available that are of the
highest value to research and teaching," said Mr. Henry.
More information about the award program is available at
http://www.clir.org/activities/details/hiddencollections.html
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CLIR is an independent, nonprofit, organization whose mission is to
expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a
public good. Through publications, projects, and programs, CLIR works to
maintain and improve access to information for generations to come. In
partnership with other institutions, CLIR helps create services that
expand the concept of "library" and supports the providers and
preservers of information. Information about CLIR and its work is
available at www.clir.org
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Council on Library and Information Resources
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Washington, DC 20036, USA
Phone: 202.939.4750
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Kathel Dunn
Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Medical Center
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New York, NY 10010
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