The Center for Research Libraries convened the various Chairs of the Area Studies and Global Resources projects based at the Center to meet with division directors and senior Area Studies acquisition specialists at the Library of Congress on February 27-28, 2006.
The Workshop focused attention on the current and evolving models for acquiring, preserving and disseminating source materials from emerging regions of the world. Presentations featured a variety of perspectives and innovative approaches undertaken by the Library of Congress, CRL and its sponsored projects, and a number of affiliated or external efforts.
The intent of the Workshop was to identify a set of recommendations for improvements and enhancements to the international resources programs of CRL and its partners, and for linkages between and among those programs.
Outcomes of the conference:
Developing Collections for International Studies:
Report and Outcomes 
Speakers and Presentations
Keynote - The Changing Nature of
Area Studies
Dr. Carolyn T. Brown. Director, Office of Scholarly Programs, John Kluge
Center, Library of Congress
Preservation as Development Activity in Emerging Regions
Kenneth Wilson, Executive Director, The Christensen Fund
Gathering Multidisciplinary
Information for the Policy-Making Community
Robert Worden, Chief, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Economic and Legal Strategies: Engaging the Publishers
News Preservation: Securing Essential Rights
and Publisher Cooperation
Bernard F. Reilly, President, Center for Research Libraries
International Electronic Exchange & Electronic
Cooperative Acquisitions Program pilots: new models of acquisition at
the Library of Congress.
Donald P. Panzera, Chief, European and Latin American Acquisitions Division,
Library of Congress
Developing Capacities in the Regions
Digital South Asia Library
James Nye, Bibliographer for Southern Asia, University of Chicago
Latin American Open
Archives Portal (LAOAP)
Carolyn Palaima, Project Director, Latin American Network Information
Center, University of Texas at Austin
The World Digital Library and Global Gateways
John Van Oudenaren, Senior Advisor, World Digital Library, Library of
Congress
Global Legal Information Network
Donna Scheeder, Director, Law Library Services, Law Library of Congress
Aluka
Thomas Nygren, Executive Director, Aluka, Ithaka Harbors, Inc.
Capturing and Harvesting Web-based Materials
Latin American Government
Documents Archive 
Carolyn Palaima, Project Director, Latin American Network Information
Center, University of Texas at Austin
The Center
for Research Libraries Middle East Web Harvesting Pilot
James Simon, Director of International Resources, Center for Research
Libraries
Selecting Content
from the Web: Challenges and Experiences of the Library of Congress
Abigail Grotke, Digital Projects Coordinator, Office of Strategic
Initiatives, Library of Congress
Welcome letter to participants
The Center for Research Libraries gratefully acknowledges support and funding received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Library of Congress.
Last updated September 14, 2006
