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November 3, 2006

 

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Charles J. Henry Named CLIR President

 

WASHINGTON, DC--The Board of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced the appointment of Charles J. Henry as CLIR's next president. He will start early in 2007.

 

Mr. Henry is vice provost and university librarian at Rice University, a position he has held since 1996. He is responsible for library services and programs, including the Digital Library Initiative and the Digital Media Center. He is also publisher of Rice University Press, which has recently been reborn as the nation¹s first all-digital university press.

 

Mr. Henry is a trustee of the Digital Library Federation and chair of the advisory committee for the Information Resource Center at the International University of Bremen. He serves on the advisory board of Stanford University Libraries and on the ACLS Commission on Cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences. He received a Fulbright senior scholar grant for library sciences in New Zealand and a Fulbright award for the study of medieval literature in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Henry has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Columbia University.

 

³We are delighted that Chuck Henry has accepted our offer to serve as CLIR¹s next president,² said CLIR Board Chairman Chuck Phelps. ³His distinguished career encompasses work in libraries, research, and publishing, a combination that maps exactly to CLIR¹s strategic future,² he added.

 

"The appointment as the next president of CLIR is the highest honor of my professional career,² said Mr. Henry. ³The legacy of CLIR as an independent and critically important source of research, insight, and inspiration to its constituent communities is one I will work tirelessly to perpetuate and augment. CLIR has a wonderful opportunity in the coming years to provide guidance and leadership in an environment of profound change. Through CLIR, in partnership with many professional societies and agencies, a compelling future can be imagined and engendered.²

 

Mr. Henry succeeds Nancy Davenport, who stepped down June 30, and Susan Perry, who has served as interim president since July 1.

 

The Council on Library and Information Resources is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the management of information for research, teaching, and learning. CLIR works to expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a public good.

 

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