Nancy Davenport Named President of CLIR

The Board of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has announced the appointment of Nancy Davenport as its president, effective July 5, 2004.

Ms. Davenport has worked for 26 years in the Library of Congress, where she was most recently Director of Acquisitions. She previously served as Head of the Congressional Research Service Inquiry Section, Coordinator of Member and Committee Relations for the CRS, and Director of Special Programs. She has also been active in professional library associations, including serving on the Council and Executive Board of the American Library Association.

CLIR Board Chairman Stanley Chodorow, in making the announcement, said, "The Board is very pleased to have Nancy Davenport as the new president of CLIR. We look forward to working with her to develop CLIR's agenda of programs and projects and to her leadership of this important organization."

CLIR is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the management of information for research, teaching, and learning. For more information, visit www.clir.org.