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

The International Collections and Content Group is a standing working group reporting to CSPC that will play a substantive role in shaping, implementing, and maintaining CRL’s approaches to the development and responsible stewardship of international collections.

SAOA Celebrates 2020 Open Access Week
20 Oct 2020

South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) celebrates 2020 Open Access Week, from October 19-25, 2020.

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Moroccan newspapers al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī and Libération preserved by MEMP
12 Oct 2020

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) has microfilmed issues of the Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper al-Ittiḥād al-Ishtirākī from 1987-1996 and the related French-language newspaper Libération from 1977-1981.

SEAM Preserves Indonesian newspapers Tifa Irian and Tifa Papua
17 Sep 2020

The Southeast Asia Materials Project (SEAM) has preserved two newspapers from Jayapura, Indonesia:  Tifa Irian (1993-1997) and Tifa Papua (2000-2004).

Primary Legal Resources from Berlin State Library Digitized by LLMC
14 Sep 2020

CRL's partner LLMC has digitized many primary legal documents from the Berlin State Library, which are now available to CRL libraries.  These materials complement other German resources in LLMC's collection that were sourced from other libraries, including the University of Pennsylvania's Biddle Law Library, the Library of Congress, and many others.

CSPC Activates International Collections and Content Group
27 Aug 2020

The standing working group reporting to CSPC will play a substantive role in shaping, implementing, and maintaining CRL’s approaches to international collection management.

Remembering Donald Simpson
26 Aug 2020

The Center for Research Libraries’ (CRL) collections are built, catalogued, preserved, and made available by dedicated people. Recently, CRL learned of the passing of one such individual, Donald (Don) Simpson, CRL’s president from 1980-1999.

European Studies Statement on Collection Development, Access, and Equity in the Time of COVID-19, Issued by CIFNAL, GNARP, and SEEMP
20 Aug 2020

CIFNAL, GNARP, and SEEMP have issued the following "European Studies Statement on Collection Development, Access, and Equity in the Time of COVID-19"

LAMP Digitizes Newspapers and Archives from Argentina
14 Aug 2020

The Latin American Materials Project (LAMP) supported the digitization of several newspapers and sets of archival material compiled by Memorias de la Patagonia Austral, a project of Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral, Bibliotecas y Archivos. 

Purchase Proposal Nominations Deadline: September 30th
11 Aug 2020

This is a friendly reminder that the deadline to submit nominations for the FY21 Purchase Proposal Program is September 30, 2020. This program is one of the ways our research library community collectively builds, stewards, and shares materials to support inspired research and teaching. 

TRAIL's Summer 2020 Newsletter
3 Aug 2020

The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) has released its Summer 2020 Newsletter, which provides important program updates.

CRL Negotiates Extraordinary Access to East View Newspaper Archives
31 Jul 2020

As a research Library, CRL shares its members’ strong interest in access to contemporary news content to support research and teaching without geographic or linguistic limits.
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