Center for Research Libraries - Global Resources Network

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Apr 19 2013
2013 Annual Council of Voting Members Meeting and Collections Forum
Join CRL for the 2013 Annual Council Meeting, which will be held as an all-day web conference.

Mar 13 2013
Webinar: Access to Science and Technology Collections from Linda Hall Library
Print serials from the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology are now available electronically to CRL libraries through on-demand digitization and traditional document delivery via the RapidILL service. This special webinar for CRL members offers more information about this partnership and the vast shared collection among CRL and Linda Hall.

Jan 16 2013
Webinar: Access to News in a Digital Age
Presenters will discuss evolving models of access to electronic news resources and scholars' changing research practices. CRL will update members on its strategy for ensuring access to current and historical news.

Dec 5 2012 - Dec 6 2012
The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries: A Forum on the Future
A two-day invitational conference at Duke University will explore connections between global scholarship and the collective ability of research libraries to support it.

Nov 13 2012
Webinar: Text Mining Opportunities and Challenges
Text mining helps researchers extract valuable information and data from large bodies of text, but presents formidable technical and intellectual property challenges for libraries. This CRL webinar, featuring presenters from Elsevier and Gale Cengage, explores recent trends in text mining and how academic publishers and libraries are responding.

Feb 8 2012
Webinar: Print Archives and Preservation Registry
Lizanne Payne discusses and demonstrates a prototype of CRL’s Print Archives and Preservation Registry (PAPR) system, which will provide information about print archiving programs and collection analysis tools.

Jan 11 2012
Webinar: Human Rights Documentation
This event will present the findings of CRL’s study of how electronic evidence and documentation of human rights violations are collected and maintained.

Sep 21 2011
Webinar: Print and Digital Archiving
This webinar for librarians and researchers at CRL institutions offers updates on various print and digital archiving initiatives.

Aug 24 2011
Webinar: Middle East and Islamic Resources
In this topical webinar, staff members and guest speakers will address the growing interest at CRL member institutions in the field of Middle Eastern Studies as well as contemporary Islamic studies.

Jul 13 2011
Webinar: News Preservation and Access
James Simon, Director of the CRL Global Resources Network, hosts this online event that surveys CRL news collections, major news databases, and the challenges of preserving online news.

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