CLIR-ification
I have now officially assumed the mantle of Librarian for English and American Literature and Comparative Literature. Prior to this, I was a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellow in Scholarly Information Resources. If you aren’t familiar with CLIR (sounds like “clear”), visit their website here.
The reason I mention CLIR in a blog aimed at the English and Comparative Literature departments is that this postdoctoral fellowship is perfect for humanities graduate students who are nearing completion and open to opportunities outside academic departments. Specifically, the fellowship aims to bring recent Ph.D. holders in the humanities into academic libraries, introducing them to the work of academic librarianship including collection development, digital resources, scholarly communication and intellectual property issues, and current concerns in the profession. Some CLIR fellows have chosen to return to the tenure track as library-savvy “fellow travelers”; others, like myself, find jobs in academic libraries; still others choose to move on to a Masters in Library and Information Science. Thus, the fellowship is well-suited to both those who wish to explore career options outside academic departments and those who are committed to the idea of getting a tenure track job, but who are interested in pursuing digital projects in the humanities or developing other research resources in their field. For more information on this fellowship, click here, or just ask me and I’ll tell you what I know.
