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Print Archives Registry

As a general survey of the landscape of North American print archiving initiatives, CRL developed the searchable Print Archives Registry, which includes both projects and serial holdings. The registry was created in 2010 as a prototype for a more robust database currently being developed by the California Digital Library on behalf of CRL. For each print archive project, the Print Archive Registry includes a narrative description and specific characteristics such as Format Archived, and Retention Period, with a link to the host institution for more information.

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The Print Archives Registry includes Holdings for some projects, currently including:
  • Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
  • Five Colleges, Inc. (MA)
  • Orbis-Cascade Alliance
  • Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI)
  • Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN)
  • Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA)
  • Portico (digital archive)
  • CLOCKSS (digital archive)
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    CRL continues to add projects as information is made available. Available searches within the Registry include:

    • Search by ISSN, to display archive locations and holdings for a given serial based on ISSN
    • Filter all titles by archiver (e.g. CRL, TRLN, Portico) or aggregator (JSTOR) to show titles and holdings for those organizations
      • This Print Archives Registry is part of CRL’s effort to support and encourage print archiving efforts throughout North America.  For more information about the Print Archives Registry or to submit holdings data as a simple tab-delimited text file, please contact Marie-Elise Waltz, Special Projects Librarian, at mwaltz at crl dot edu.

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