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Enriching research. Expanding possibilities. Since 1949.

How CRL documentation on the Cold War helped Carthage College students "touch history” in their research. Read full story
Nearly 5,000 historical Puerto Rican court documents dating from 1844 to 1900 are now available online. Read full story
Cornell University utilized CRL resources to support its Latin American Journals project, a digital portal to political, cultural and popular serials from the region.  Read full story
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News

SAMP Digitizes Svadeśa Newspaper
15 Jan 2019


SAMP has digitized holdings of the newspaper Svadeśa for the years 1919-1929.  This newspaper was published in Hindi in the city of Gorkhpur.

CRL and East View announce Global Press Archive Charter Alliance
29 Jan 2019


The Global Press Archive Charter Alliance will digitize and make available to all CRL member institutions 4.5 million pages of recent international...
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"Credible Sources": Libraries and the Integrity of Knowledge - Global Resources Forum 2019
23 May 2019 - 8:30am


The 2019 Global Resources Forum will be held in downtown Chicago, following CRL's 2019 Council of Voting Members meeting,

2019 Council of Voting Members Meeting
23 May 2019 - 9:00am


The main CRL governance event with representatives of CRL voting member libraries will be held in downtown Chicago in 2019.
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Teaching Modern History of India With CRL Newspapers

CRL's extensive holdings of Indian newspapers proved highly valuable for University of Iowa history professor's undergraduate course, "Imperialism and Modern India."
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FOCUS, CRL’s semi-annual publication, examines the challenges of preservation and access for primary source materials in various fields.

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  • Winter 2019: Preserving Web Resources for Research: Latin America as a Microcosm
  • Spring 2018: CRL Primary Source Awards
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Holes in the Print Safety Net
25 Nov 2018


A recent CRL analysis of three major validated JSTOR print archives found that the combined holdings of those archives are short of comprehensive.
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Certification Report on the Canadiana.org Digital Repository
1 Jul 2015


The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) conducted a preservation audit of Canadiana.org (hereafter referred to as “Canadiana”) between January and...
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