CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program August 5, 2025, Alexandria, VA: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting initial applications for the fourth cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices. This regranting program supports the digitization of rare and unique materials that deepen Read More The post CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Ampli...| CLIR
CLIR Funds 21 Digital Reformatting Projects Through Recordings at Risk Alexandria, VA, August 4, 2025: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has awarded $814,332 in grants to digitize rare and unique audio and audiovisual materials through its Recordings at Risk program. The program’s twelfth cohort of 21 projects will begin work on September Read More| CLIR
Alexandria, VA, July 2025—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announces the publication of An Overview of Emulation as a Preservation Method, by Eric Kaltman, Winnie Schwaid-Lindner, Drey Jonathan, Andrew Borman, Alex Garnett, and Larry Masinter. This report is the latest addition to CLIR’s Pocket Burgundy series. Emulation–the use of modern computer systems to Read More| CLIR
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Bibliothèques national de France (BnF) signed a memorandum of understanding April 10, 2025, supporting data-sharing between the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) and Bibliothèques d’Orient. The CLIR-BnF MOU aims to aggregate records from Bibliothèques d’Orient, a collaborative digital platform powered by Gallica, the digital Read More| CLIR
Washington, DC, March 10, 2025—Dr. Stephen Epstein has been appointed as a Distinguished Presidential Fellow by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for a two-year term spanning 2025-2027. Dr. Epstein’s focus as Presidential Fellow is Safeguarding Cultural Heritage Under Threat. Those threats include political conflict; the effects of climate change and environmental stress; Read More| CLIR
$5 Million Mellon Grant Fuels Next Phase of CLIR’s Effort to Unearth Hidden Histories Fourth Cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Expands Access to Marginalized Stories February 11, 2025 –The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a $5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the fourth cycle of Read More| CLIR
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applications for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials through its Recordings at Risk grant program. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, this program is dedicated to preserving “at-risk” recorded content of significant importance to researchers and the general public. Applications open today, January Read More| CLIR
CLIR Announces Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Awards $4 Million Awarded to 18 Projects in the US and Canada Contact: Hidden Collections Team Alexandria, VA, November 7, 2024 –The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) proudly announces the award of $3.97 million to fund 18 transformative digitization projects through the Digitizing Hidden Read More| CLIR
