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Eighteen libraries contributed to this year’s purchase of four major microfilm sets.
WNA-African Newspapers Tops 200,000 Pages
April 13, 2010The African Newspapers module of the World Newspaper Archive now includes over 25 titles and more than half of the projected page total.
Liberian Newspapers Microfilmed
March 24, 2010Seven Liberian newspapers from the collection of Michigan State University have been microfilmed by CAMP.
CRL’s Historic American Periodicals Now Indexed
March 19, 2010Articles from American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL) are now indexed in the latest release of C19: The Nineteenth Century Index, available from ProQuest.
British Dissertations Access
March 15, 2010CRL makes a change in access to UK dissertations.
CRL Creates JSTOR Print Archive Catalog
March 10, 2010This new catalog shows users what is in the CRL JSTOR print archive and what is still needed.
Vote for Purchase of Collections
March 10, 2010Four collections have been announced as possibilities for purchase on this year’s Shared Purchase ballot.
CRL To Purchase Ten Valuable New Microform Sets
March 5, 2010The Center for Research Libraries will purchase several new items for this year’s Purchase Proposal Program, with a total list price value of $172,674.
CIFNAL Announces $1,000 Stipend for IFLA Meeting
February 11, 2010CIFNAL announces that one stipend of $ 1,000 will be made available to attend the 2010 IFLA Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Spring 2010 CAMP Meeting
February 9, 2010The Spring 2010 CAMP meeting will be held on Saturday, April 17, in conjunction with the Africana Librarians Council meeting in Lawrence, Kansas.
MEMP Acquires al-Nur
February 5, 2010The Middle East Microform Project has microfilmed 2001–08 issues of the Syrian newspaper al-Nur. This title from Damascus was provided by Yale University.
LAMP Acquires Latin American Serials
February 5, 2010Included in the collection are La Semana from Colombia and Publicaciones del Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires from Argentina.
Congo Newspapers Microfilmed
February 5, 2010The Cooperative Africana Microform Project has completed microfilming a collection of 166 newspapers from Congo. The Library of Congress office in Nairobi issues collected the issues, which include such titles as La Bourse, Mukuba, and Umoja.
CRL Advocates Cooperation on Print Archiving
January 29, 2010This proposal outlines a cooperative approach to archiving print journals, newspapers, and government documents in North American collections.
CRL Releases Portico Audit
January 29, 2010CRL’s preservation audit marks the first public disclosure of a digital certification review conducted by an independent entity.
African Module of World Newspaper Archive Released
January 27, 2010The preliminary release for World Newspaper Archive–African Newspapers, which contains 13 titles with approximately 85,000 pages, is now available for preview.
Charleston Advisor January Product Reviews
January 27, 2010The current issue (V11N3) features new reviews of electronic resources for libraries.
Sign up for CRL Connect
January 15, 2010CRL announces its new e-mail update.
LAMP Acquires Microfilm of 19th-Century Women’s Journals from Brazil
December 29, 2009The collection features such titles as Novo Correio de Modas (1852–54), O Sexo Feminino (1873–89), and A Mai de Familia (Jan 1879–Dec 1888).
World Newspaper Archive Expansion to Africa, South Asia
December 16, 2009Latin American Newspapers reaches 970,000 pages; African Newspapers preliminary release is expected in December.