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Webinar: Portico Comparison Tools for Collection Management

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 2:00pm

New tools from Portico enable comparison of library holdings to titles archived in Portico, to determine the completeness of archived content. Speakers from Portico will demonstrate some of these tools.

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Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 2:00pm

This introduction to CRL's collections and services is an excellent orientation for new staff, or a refresher on how CRL can extend the resources of your library.

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@Risk: Stewardship, Due Diligence, and the Future of Print, a CRL Collections Forum

Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 1:00pm to Friday, April 15, 2016 - 3:30pm

Held in conjunction with CRL's annual Council of Voting Members meeting, the 2016 Collections Forum will consider the meaning of responsible stewardship of collections at a time when digital resources are dominant.

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2016 Council of Voting Members Meeting

Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

The 2016 annual CRL Council of Voting Members Meeting will be held in downtown Chicago, at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center. This is the main CRL governance event, at which representatives of CRL libraries review new and ongoing CRL inititatives and elect new Board members.

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Webinar: Find CRL Resources Through OCLC's Discovery Services

Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 2:00pm

This presentation will focus on optimal strategies for CRL member libraries implementing OCLC Discovery Services locally, including WorldCat and the Knowledge Base.

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Webinar: Pursuing the "Long Tail" of Elusive Publishers

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 2:00pm

Much work remains to be done to ensure scholars long-term access to electronic journals. How can the CRL community help Portico identify the journal content that is most important and most at-risk?

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Webinar: Perpetual Access, Myth and Reality

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

At this point in the age of digital technologies, electronic publications can be short-lived or unstable, while our understanding of digital preservation infrastructures is in the earliest stages. Three thought leaders offer their perspectives on how effective publishers' efforts to date are likely to be in meeting the needs of libraries and scholars by ensuring long-term access.

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PAN ALA Midwinter 2016, Boston, MA

Friday, January 8, 2016 - 9:00am to 11:30am

The Print Archives Network (PAN) forum is always held the Friday morning before ALA Midwinter and Annual conferences. All are welcome to attend and hear about new and best practices from the participating shared print initiatives.

Discovering CRL Resources

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

How to facilitate better discovery of CRL resources, to promote student and faculty success and make the most of your library's CRL investment.

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Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This introduction to CRL's collections and services serves as an excellent orientation for new staff or a refresher on how CRL can extend the resources of your library.

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Webinar: CRL Licensing and Acquisitions 2015-16

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This webinar provides an overview and updates on recent developments in e-resources licensing and cooperative collection building at CRL.

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Webinar: Text/Data Mining in the Humanities and Social Sciences -- Strategies and Tools

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

This presentation on TDM strategies and practices in the humanities and social sciences is the fifth in a series of CRL webinars exploring the topic of computer-assisted analysis of electronic texts.

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Preserving America's Print Resources II: a North American Summit

Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 10:00am

The PAPR II Summit is an invitational gathering intended to formulate a common vision for the further development and growth of shared research library collections, and to determine priorities for CRL support of same, in order to prevent the loss of critical print journals and government publications.

Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This introduction to CRL's collections and services serves as an excellent orientation for new staff or a refresher on how CRL can extend the resources of your library.

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CRL Global Resources Collections Forum: "Shared Resources / Common Vision"

Friday, April 24, 2015 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

A forum on CRL cooperative collecting and licensing activities in three areas: science, technology and engineering; news; and law and government.

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2015 Council of Voting Members Meeting

Friday, April 24, 2015 - 12:00am

At this CRL governance event, to be webcast this year, representatives of CRL libraries review initiatives, elect Board members, and vote on the annual budget.

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Framing a Common Agenda for Newspaper Digitization and Preservation: An ICON Summit

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 9:00am to 3:00pm

In cooperation with the IFLA News Media Section, the Center for Research Libraries will convene representatives of national and academic libraries, commercial producers and aggregators of news content, and cultural and funding organizations to assess the state of international newspaper digitization and preservation, and to better align future library and commercial efforts, investment and funding in these areas.

Coming to Terms - Behind the New Liblicense Model License

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Ann Okerson, CRL senior advisor on electronic resources strategy and founder of Liblicense, will discuss the recent rewrite of the Liblicense Model License. The Liblicense model is a rich source of information and guidance for libraries seeking to license digital resources for faculty, students, and researchers.

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Webinar: Mining Big Economic Data II

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Previous CRL webinars on text and data mining indicated high interest among librarians in how researchers use big data and large bodies of text. This CRL webinar will delve into the challenges and practices of mining major sources of information on history, politics, trade, and development for research.

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Visit CRL During ALA Midwinter in Chicago

Friday, January 30, 2015 - 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Librarians and library staff visiting Chicago for the ALA Midwinter are invited to participate in a CRL collections and facility tour.