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NERL and Springer Nature Sign New Three-Year Open Publishing Agreement
April 12, 2024
The new three-year open publishing agreement provides seven NERL member institutions with read access to the entire corpus of Springer journals and permits eligible authors to publish open access, with fees covered, in hybrid journals across the Springer portfolio
CRL President Search Committee Appointed
March 25, 2024
The CRL Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointments to the CRL President Search Committee.
The CRL Executive Committee received an outstanding expression of interest from member directors in response to their open solicitation for search committee members. The Executive Committee carefully reviewed and appointed search committee members that represent many of the various organizational types and perspectives among CRL membership. Constituting the 2024 CRL President Search Committee are:
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CRL Seeks Member Input on Model License Language
February 27, 2024The CRL Licensing and Acquisitions Team seeks suggestions and input from members of the community on the CRL Model License.
CRL Global Collections Advisory Task Force Established
February 20, 2024The CRL Board of Directors is pleased to announce the new Global Collections Advisory Task Force. The Global Collections Advisory Task Force will actively engage CRL community stakeholders and gather membership feedback as we move forward with CRL’s reinvestment in its longstanding mission to collectively build, preserve, and share global collections at scale in service to scholarship.
Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Second Ukrainian Collection
December 21, 2023Robert Van Rennes to Join CRL Licensing & Acquisitions Team
November 28, 2023The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is pleased to announce that Robert Van Rennes will join CRL’s growing licensing team as the new Licensing Librarian. Currently Associate Director of Library Initiatives at the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), Van Rennes comes to CRL with a wealth of experience in licensing.
Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches First Ukrainian Collection
November 20, 2023CRL Board Announcement on Strengthening Global Collections
November 13, 2023On behalf of the CRL Board of Directors, we write with an update on the current initiative to strengthen CRL’s global programs.
Kevin Merriman Named CRL Director of Global Collections
November 6, 2023The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is delighted to announce that Kevin Merriman, currently Director of Collection Management, Technical and Access Services, and Technology at the Marx Science and Social Science Library at Yale University, will join CRL in January 2024 as the Director of Global Collections. In this new senior leadership position, Merriman will work with the CRL Board of Directors, staff, and broad CRL community to renew and reinvigorate CRL's global collections activities.
Congratulations to NERL Steering Committee, Program Council Leaders
November 3, 2023CRL is pleased to announce the following leadership for the new NERL Steering Committee and the NERL Program Council. The NERL community came together in 2022 to finalize its operational and governance structure as a cooperative program under the CRL organizational umbrella. Charges for the NERL Steering Committee and Program Council were developed by the NERL community and approved by the CRL Board in July 2023. The CRL Nominating Committee issued an open call this summer to secure initial leadership appointments to establish the NERL Steering Committee.
TRAIL's Summer 2023 Newsletter
September 7, 2023TRAIL (Technical Report Archive & Image Library) has released its Summer 2023 Newsletter.