Events
Jun 27 2013Global Resources Roundtable: Beyond the Fold: Access to News in the Digital Era
To be held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, CRL’s Global Resources Roundtable will explore current publishing practices and new scholarly uses of news content, and cooperative library strategies to support those uses.
Jun 12 2013
Webinar: CRL Collections and Services
The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on its Collections and Services on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Participation in this event is open to all librarians, library staff, and faculty at CRL libraries.
Jun 27 2013
Global Resources Roundtable: Beyond the Fold: Access to News in the Digital Era
To be held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, CRL’s Global Resources Roundtable will explore current publishing practices and new scholarly uses of news content, and cooperative library strategies to support those uses.
Jun 28 2013
Visit CRL During ALA Annual Conference in Chicago
Librarians and library staff visiting Chicago for the ALA Annual Conference this summer are invited to participate in a CRL collections and facility tour.
Jun 29 2013
CIFNAL Steering Committee Meeting
The Steering Committee of the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL) will meet Saturday, June 29, in Chicago, as part of the ALA Annual Conference.
Jun 30 2013
GNARP Steering Committee Meeting
The German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) will hold its Steering Committee on Sunday, June 30, in Chicago.
Jun 30 2013
TRAIL Information and Update Session
The Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) will hold an Information and Update session Sunday, June 30, at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.
Dec 5 2012 - Dec 6 2012The 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 30 2012
Cooperative Africana Materials Project 2012 Meeting
CAMP (Cooperative Africana Materials Project) will hold its fall business meeting in Philadelphia on November 30, 2012.
Nov 17 2012
SEEMP 2012 Business Meeting
The Slavic and East European Microform Project will hold its annual business meeting in New Orleans on November 17.
Nov 15 2012
MEMP 2012 Business Meeting
The Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) will hold its annual business meeting on Thursday, November 15, at the St. Cajetans Conference Center in Denver.
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.
Nov 7 2012
Charleston Preconference: Emerging Approaches to Archiving Commercial Databases
This CRL-sponsored panel, featuring representatives from repositories, database publishers, and research libraries, will explore what is needed to achieve sustainable archiving of digital materials, and potential near-future innovations.
Oct 24 2012
Webinar: Research Access to Sources on Law and Government
This webinar surveys accessibility of sources in law and government in the light of current research interests. Speakers will assess the coverage of legacy materials in subscription databases; the scope of the GPO's FDsys repository; and prospects for access to documents from international sources.
Oct 10 2012
Webinar: CRL Collections and Services
The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on its Collections and Services on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time.
Aug 15 2012
Webinar: CRL Purchase and Licensing Programs
In this informative webinar, Member Liaison and Outreach Services Director Mary Wilke and Digital Program Manager Virginia Kerr explain how CRL libraries can participate in collection building through Purchase Proposal, Shared Purchase, and Electronic Licensing programs.
Jul 11 2012
Webinar: Agriculture
In an era of growing concern about water and food supply, materials related to agriculture have increased in value. This webinar will discuss plans for the systematic archiving of agriculture print materials, as well as resources currently available in this crucial research area.

