[Asis-l] Fwd: Council on Library and Information Resources news

[Richard Hill]

>from the CLIR E-Bulletin: Message from CLIR Board
>
>The Board of the Council on Library and Information Resources announces that
>Dr. Deanna Marcum has been appointed the Associate Librarian of Congress and
>National Librarian, effective mid-August. She has served as President of
>CLIR since January 1, 1995.
>
>Board Chairman Dr. Stanley Chodorow said, ³Dr. Marcum is a leader in the
>international library community. She has brought CLIR to the forefront in
>research and action on topics of greatest importance to the future of
>libraries and the management of information.²
>
>Under Dr. Marcum, CLIR has developed a wide range of programs and studies.
>Recent work has included surveys of information users on campus, of academic
>libraries¹ preservation programs, and of economic models for sustaining
>cultural heritage institutions. During her tenure at CLIR, Dr. Marcum has
>helped launch the Digital Library Federation, which CLIR oversees, and the
>Frye Leadership Institute, of which she is codean, and which brings
>participants from the library, teaching, and IT communities to consider new,
>collaborative approaches to managing campus information resources. ³Dr.
>Marcum has been a leader in developing innovative programs to improve
>preservation of and access to information resources worldwide,² said Dr.
>Chodorow.
>
>The Board congratulates Dr. Marcum on her appointment to the Library of
>Congress, one of the most important libraries in the world.
>
>The Board will appoint an interim president of CLIR and begin a search for a
>new president immediately.
>
>
>
>lp

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