July 2014

From the CLI Director

Google Books and HathiTrust are big, bold, transformative initiatives.  The underlying concept for each program can be attributed to a small core of visionary individuals, but the successful implementation of these programs is the product of the collaborative relationships forged by many dedicated actors willing to subsume their own dreams and ambitions to realize a communal goal. 
Read more

Around the CLI

Center for Library Initiative’s Shared Print Repository Holds Three Miles of Journals (So You Don’t Have To)

CIC libraries together hold some 113 million items, making one of the largest collective collections in the library world. And while that means scholars have access to tons of information, it also means libraries have to house and maintain literal tons of volumes.
Read more

CLI Co-Hosts Symposium on Regional Print Management

Librarians from across the country gathered at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio in March to discuss the strategic, policy and service issues related to shared print storage. Read more

Transforming Learning: Libraries and Higher Education

The CLI conference annually brings together librarians from a variety of career phases and backgrounds with a shared focus on a single topic of interest. This year's topic of "Transforming Learning: Libraries and Higher Education" focused on the changing role of libraries and instruction. 
Read more
powered by emma
Subscribe to our email list.