The Cloud Library project emerged out of a series of discussions that began with Carol Mandel, Jim Neal, John Wilkin and Jim Michalko in 2009. These individuals provided leadership and vision that guided all the work that followed. Library staff from New York University, Columbia University, the New York Public Library and Princeton University participated in a variety of meetings, conference calls and e-mail exchanges that helped to give shape to the project. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation contributed financial support under a grant ably administered by Chuck Henry at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). .
