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CRL Council Authorizes New Investment, New Directions.
19 Apr 2016

At the April 14 meeting of CRL’s Council of Voting Members, delegates from CRL libraries  elected  new members of the Board of Directors, approved a budget for the coming fiscal year and authorized new digital directions for CRL.  

Twelve Member Libraries Contribute to Shared Purchase Program
5 Apr 2016

With the support of twelve member libraries, CRL will acquire four microform sets through its 2016 Shared Purchase Program.

LLMC Completes Digitization of New York State Legislative Journals
16 Mar 2016

LLMC, through its partnership with CRL, recently completed the digitization of the full set of New York state Senate and Assembly Journals.

CRL Acquires Granular News Metadata From Gale
8 Feb 2016

Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, recently provided CRL with title and issue records from content in the digital newspaper collections available on the Gale NewsVault platform, for exposure in CRL’s ICON database.

CRL Reaches Milestone of Seven Million Digitized Pages
21 Jan 2016

CRL digitization recently reached another  milestone: over seven million pages of items digitized from CRL collections are now available to CRL members.

CRL and Linda Hall Library to Digitize Historical Serials
20 Jan 2016

CRL and the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology (LHL) recently expanded the terms of the Global Resources Partnership in Science, Technology, and Engineering to encompass strategic digitization of serials jointly held by the two organizations. 

Atomic Energy Commission Reports Digitized by TRAIL
19 Jan 2016

TRAIL has now digitized over 5,000 technical reports produced by the Atomic Energy Commission, many of which were produced by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State.

Purchase Proposal Nominations Welcome for 2016-17
7 Jan 2016

The deadline for nominating collections for purchase by CRL under the FY17 Purchase Proposal Program is September 30, 2016.

CRL to Purchase Seven New Collections
22 Dec 2015

The Center for Research Libraries will purchase seven valuable microform collections through this year’s Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $192,215. These sets will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

Nominations Welcome for 2016 Purchase Proposal
8 Sep 2015

The deadline for nominations for collection purchases in the CRL FY16 Purchase Proposal Program is September 30, 2015.

Digitization of Official Gazettes underway
7 Aug 2015

CRL's digitization of foreign official gazettes will expose imrpotant documentation of non-transparent and "corrupt" governments. 

CRL Facilities Upgrade
1 May 2015

Over the last several months CRL has undertaken several major upgrades to the facility.  These projects represent the culmination of a multi-year initiative focused on improving the Center’s preservation environment, and increasing energy efficiency.   

Rwandan newspaper microfilmed by CAMP
1 May 2015

CAMP (Cooperative Africana Materials Project) has microfilmed issues of the Rwandan newspaper Imvaho Nshya from 2001-2013.

CRL Libraries Support Purchase of Three Microform Sets
7 Apr 2015

With support from seven member libraries, CRL will acquire three newspaper microform sets through its 2015 Shared Purchase Program. The total list cost of these acquisitions, which benefit all CRL members, is $69,446.      

CRL and Linda Hall Issue Joint Collection Policies
6 Apr 2015

The jointly-developed policies help advise and steer collection development priorities for the Global Resources STE Partnership.

Shared Resources / Common Vision: CRL’s 2015 Collections Forum
11 Feb 2015

This year’s annual Global Resources Collections Forum, to be webcast in April from the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, will feature new developments in CRL acquisitions and licensing.

CRL To Purchase Six New Collections
11 Dec 2014

The Center for Research Libraries will purchase six valuable microform and reprint collections through this year’s Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $220,987. These sets will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

Project Ceres Funds Nine New Projects
23 Jun 2014

Project Ceres—a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and CRL—is funding projects that preserve print materials essential to the study of agriculture and make those materials accessible through digitization.

CRL Libraries Support Purchase of Four Microform Sets
7 Apr 2014

With the support of 17 member libraries, CRL will acquire four microform sets through its 2014 Shared Purchase Program. The total list cost of these acquisitions, which benefit all CRL members, is $42,200.

CRL To Purchase Eight New Collections
9 Dec 2013

The Center for Research Libraries will purchase eight valuable microform and reprint collections through this year’s Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $125,886. These sets will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.