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Global Collections Initiative: Mexico City Workshop 2018
September 7, 2018
In June 2018 Latin American specialists and librarians from the U.S., U.K., and Latin America gathered in Mexico City to consider and critique findings from CRL's Global Collections Inititative. This is a report from that meeting.
Libraries and the Global Information Supply Chain
August 16, 2018
The 2018 CRL Global Collections Forum examined the evolving global “supply chain” for source materials for research. The present post summarizes the key ideas, and suggests what the new supply chain means for CRL and its community.
CRL's Eighth Decade: A Community Perspective
June 12, 2018
At the 2018 Council of Voting Members meeting members weighed in on two broad strategic directions that emerged from Board and management planning.
A Sea Change (9): Investment in Open Access and Shared Digital Resources
March 27, 2018
Proactive investment in Open Data and shared digital resources might serve CRL libraries and researchers worldwide better than continuing to focus resources on amassing physical collections.
A Sea Change (7): CRL's Eighth Decade
February 8, 2018
CRL's legacy of sustained, cooperative collection-building prepares it for confronting new challenges in its eighth decade.
Expanding the Global Resources Network
November 29, 2017
The new Global Collections Initiative is expanding the CRL network of libraries and institutions committed to building and preserving important and endangered resources for area and international studies.
Sustaining Access to News: What We Learned from eDesiderata 2017
November 11, 2017
The conversations at the 2017 eDesiderata Forum exploded the notion that our longstanding print-based approach to preserving news still applies in the digital era, and suggested new strategies.
A Sea Change (4): The Means to the End
April 4, 2017
Fulfilling CRL’s commitment to the integrity and accessibility of critical documentation and evidence requires a change in approach. The proposed CRL budget for the coming fiscal year will support that change.
A Sea Change (3): Building a Credible Network
March 22, 2017
Creating a “CRL consensus” on goals and standards is at the heart of CRL’s shared print agenda. Essential to establishing that consensus is CRL’s Collections and Services Policy Committee (CSPC). The CSPC was instrumental in shaping the terms of CRL partnerships with the Linda Hall Library and the Law Library Microfilm Consortium, and will similarly be involved in shaping terms with future partners.
A Sea Change (1): Greater Scale
February 24, 2017
The scale of the challenges of responsible collections stewardship faced by CRL libraries requires CRL to evolve from a single, shared collection to a network of repositories. A reallocation of resources to be proposed at the 2017 Council of Voting Members business meeting could enable the organization to move decisively in that direction.
"Fake News"
November 22, 2016
As social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter facilitate the spread of misinformation, research libraries and news organizations together can ensure the integrity and survival of the public record.
Combining and Improving Print Assets, Revisited
September 23, 2016
The recent vote on a resolution on CRL serial holdings prompted some concerns, and we address those concerns here.
CRL's "Pivot" to Open Access
September 19, 2016
At the 2016 meeting of CRL’s Council of Voting Members the question was posed, “Should more CRL digital resources be Open Access?” Attendees said yes.
@Risk: New Rigor in Stewardship and Due Diligence
December 18, 2015
As print rapidly disappears from our libraries, it is time for data-driven, community-wide consensus on due diligence.
Beyond PAPR II: Next Steps for CRL
October 29, 2015
Recent analysis of North American print archiving and digitization efforts suggests that library investment to date is doing little to promote long-term collection stewardship.
Upping Our Game on Print Preservation: The PAPR II Summit
July 2, 2015
A gathering of leaders of other U.S. and Canadian shared print efforts, convened by CRL, called for concerted North American effort on print archiving.
CRL in a Nutshell 5: "Growing Digital"
April 17, 2015
Adapting CRL's time-honored cooperative collection development mode to the digital world.
CRL in a Nutshell 4: "The Primacy of Sources"
April 2, 2015
The immense legacy of documentation and evidence built by CRL libraries.
CRL in a Nutshell 3: "Bricks and Mortar"
March 20, 2015
What CRL member investment in "bricks and mortar" means, in concrete terms.