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The Board of Directors of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has approved six members to serve on a new Advisory Committee for the Digital Library Federation (DLF) Program.

The committee will advise the DLF director on matters relating to program activities, initiatives, partnerships, and strategy. The committee comprises three CLIR Board members and three members of the DLF community, each of whom will serve a two-year term.

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The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a $679,827 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help launch a new CLIR/DLF Data Curation Fellowship Program. The program, an expansion of CLIR’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Academic Libraries, will provide recent Ph.Ds with professional development, education, and training opportunities in data curation for the natural and social sciences.

For the program’s first cohort, CLIR is now recruiting six data curation fellows in cooperation with its partner institutions: Indiana University, Lehigh University, McMaster University, Purdue University, the University of California Los Angeles, and the University of Michigan.

Information about the program and position descriptions are available at http://www.clir.org/fellowships/datacuration. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled, but no later than June 30, 2012.

The new DLF Advisory Subcommittee will include current CLIR Board members as well as two or three non-Board representatives from the broader DLF community. The subcommittee will advise the DLF director on matters relating to program activities, initiatives, partnerships, and strategy. The At-Large members will not only contribute to the success of the DLF program, but will also gain a better understanding of CLIR’s governance and operations. Members will serve two-year terms.

We have compiled a list of all nominations for DLF community representatives and ask the DLF community to vote on who they would like to serve in this governance role. You may select up to three candidates. The top 5 names will be put forward to CLIR’s Executive Board, which will make the final selection of the DLF Advisory Subcommittee.

The poll will be open until Friday, March 16th. Vote now!

Where would you like the DLF Forum to be held in 2013? The 2013 DLF Forum will take place November 3-5, and we would love input from the DLF community to inform our decision process for the location. The poll is now open and will be active until Thursday, March 8, 2012. Thanks for your help!

CLIR is seeking nominations for appointment to a new Digital Library Federation (DLF) Advisory Subcommittee. The subcommittee will advise the DLF director on matters relating to program activity and initiatives, budget, and strategy. Members will serve two-year terms. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out our video of David Weinberger kicking off the 2011 DLF Forum in Baltimore, MD with an introduction by DLF Director, Rachel Frick!

2011 DLF Forum Keynote Address – David Weinberger from CLIR on Vimeo.

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The Digital Library Federation and the 2011 Forum Planning Committee are proud to announce the 2011 DLF Fall Forum Fellows! Each of the Forum Fellows will receive complimentary hotel, travel, board, and registration (up to $1,000) for the 2011 DLF Fall Forum in Baltimore, MD. Fellowships are awarded to a librarian or LIS student new to the profession, based on strength of application essay, nomination, and resume.
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Washington, DC, and Urbana-Champaign, IL, October 5, 2011

The Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, and the Council on Library and Information Resources’ DLF program, will present their submission to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Beta Sprint at the DPLA Plenary meeting, October 21, 2011, in Washington, DC.
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Registration for the 2011 DLF Fall Forum is now open! Please visit our registration page to view registration and pricing details. All set? Register now! We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore.

The deadline for proposal submission has been extended until July 29, 2011.

Complete proposals should be submitted using the online submission form.

After an initial review by the Program Planning Committee, all proposals will be posted on the DLF website for community polling. Those submitting complete proposals will be notified of their status by September 16, 2011. Complete proposal submission details are here.

The 2011 Fall Forum will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore, MD October 31–November 2, 2011. More information about the 2011 Fall Forum can be found at http://www.diglib.org/2011forum/.