The “Collection Development” Working Group directly supports the mission of the Global Resources Network (GRN) by facilitating access to research and scholarly collections in the French language from around the world.
Financial and technological factors more than ever place a tremendous amount of stress on libraries’ operations and specifically on collection development budgets. The cost of unique, rare or unusual materials which are at the heart of scholarly research undertaken by faculty, researchers, graduate students, postgraduate and emerging scholars is becoming increasingly prohibitive.
Through its activities and collaboration with francophone partners, the Collection Development Working Group will establish a framework for developing strategies and initiate projects to foster the growth of and increase to access to French language print and electronic collections and lead to more effective collaboration among libraries.
Create and sustain a database and map of very strong French and Francophone collections at institutions in the United States and Canada. The initial database was compiled by Anne-Charlotte Pivot, an intern from ENSSIB in 2017. Anne-Charlotte prepared a detailed explanation of the rationale behind the project and how to best use the database, which is available in both English and French. https://cifnalcollections.wordpress.com/ [3]
The Working Group “Engaging Francophone Partners” recruits members from higher education and research institutions in francophone countries. Efforts specifically target colleagues outside of North America, who may join either at the individual or the institutional level.
Documentation and member lists for CIFNAL’s Working Groups can be found in the CIFNAL Workspace [5].
The CIFNAL Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open only to CIFNAL Members. Contact [6] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.
Links
[1] https://www.crl.edu/grn/cifnal/current-projects/electronic-resources
[2] http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/c.php?g=592869&p=4100264
[3] https://cifnalcollections.wordpress.com/
[4] https://www.crl.edu/grn/cifnal/current-projects/cifnal-speaker-series
[5] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/cifnal/Home
[6] https://www.crl.edu/grn/cifnal/contact-cifnal
[7] https://www.crl.edu/fr/cifnal-groupes-de-travail