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Accueil CIFNAL - CIFNAL, le Collaboratif international des fonds documentaires en langue française, a été fondé en 2006 dans le but de promouvoir et de faciliter les échanges coopératifs d’idées et de ressources...

CIFNAL - CIFNAL, the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections, was founded in 2006 to promote and facilitate the cooperative exchange of ideas and resources between Francophone and North...

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French Resources, Spring 2009 - Overview of the CIFNAL collaborative partnership of French-language resources and associations

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CRL Assessing Donations Policy
21 Feb 2023

Call to Action issued by CRL's International Collections and Content Group
6 Jul 2021

CSPC Appoints Ten Leaders to International Collections and Content Group
22 Oct 2020

CRL Digital Resources for Those Working Remotely
16 Mar 2020

CRL Libraries Vote to Purchase Six New Collections
15 Jan 2020

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Past Events

The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries: A Forum on the Future
5 Dec 2012 - 1:00am

CIFNAL Speaker Series: "Collecting Francophone comic books : illustrated reasons to collect Bande dessinées"
24 Mar 2023 - 11:00am

CIFNAL Meeting
20 Jan 2023 - 10:30am

CIFNAL Meeting
17 Jun 2021 - 2:00pm

CIFNAL Meeting
9 Feb 2021 - 1:00pm

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