Clifford Lynch served as the esteemed Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) from 1997 until his untimely death in April 2025. Read more at: https://www.cni.org/news/in-memoriam-clifford-lynch
He has left an enduring legacy, and we invite you to read more about Cliff and his work at the links below.
Prior to joining CNI, Lynch spent 18 years at the University of California Office of the President, the last 10 as Director of Library Automation. Lynch, who held a PhD in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, was an adjunct professor at Berkeley’s School of Information. He was both a past president and recipient of the Award of Merit of the American Society for Information Science, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Information Standards Organization.
He served as co-chair of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) from 2011-16, and he was active on numerous advisory boards and visiting committees. His work has been recognized by the American Library Association’s Lippincott Award, the EDUCAUSE Leadership Award in Public Policy and Practice, and the American Society for Engineering Education’s Homer Bernhardt Award. In 2017, Lynch was selected as an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow.
Festschrift
- Joan K. Lippincott, ed. “Networking Networks: A Festschrift Honoring Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, 1997-2025.” Supplement to portal: Libraries and the Academy 25, no. 3 (July 2025), https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55108.
- See the announcement
- Announcing a Festschrift in Honor of Clifford Lynch (April 2025)
In Memoriam
- In Memoriam: Clifford Lynch (April 2025)
- Memorial: Clifford Lynch (ARL)
- Video: A Tribute to Clifford Lynch (May 2, 2025) from the Berkeley School of Information
