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CRL and East View announce Global Press Archive Charter Alliance
29 Jan 2019

The Global Press Archive Charter Alliance will digitize and make available to all CRL member institutions 4.5 million pages of recent international newspaper content, with a significant portion of material to be made available in Open Access.

CRL to Purchase Five New Collections
11 Jan 2019

CRL voting member libraries have approved the acquisition of five primary source collections with an estimated list price value of $218,070. Once acquired, the collections will be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

CRL Receives Planning Grant for World Digital Library
12 Dec 2018

The Center for Research Libraries is the recipient of a major grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to support planning for the next phase of the World Digital Library.

CRL Reaches 10 Million Page Milestone
1 Sep 2018

CRL supports research and teaching through digitization of timely, critical primary resources for scholars at CRL member institutions. 

Brazilian Government Documents Enhanced
11 Jun 2018

CRL's premiere collection of executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil’s government is now fully searchable and downloadable.

CRL and LLMC Complete US State Legislative Journal Digitization Project
8 Jun 2018

Since 2010, CRL and LLMC's Global Resources Law Partnership has vastly expanded access to U.S. State and Candian Province legislative resources. 

Automotive Serials Digitized by CRL and Linda Hall Library
16 Apr 2018

CRL and the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology (LHL) have digitized several historical automotive serials in the second round of cooperative strategic digitization of serials jointly held by the two organizations.

Find CRL Staff and Events at 2018 ALA Annual Midwinter Meeting
30 Jan 2018

CRL staff members will be available at ALA's 2018 Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO, for questions on CRL programs.

CRL To Acquire Ten New Collections
21 Dec 2017

CRL voting member libraries have approved the acquisition of ten microform, reprint, and CD/DVD collections through the 2018 Purchase Proposal Program. List price value $132,538 (depending on the exchange rate). Once acquired, the collections will be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.  

CRL Records Added to Worldshare Collection Manager
16 Aug 2017

Member libraries can now download, manage, and update records for CRL's eResources from Worldshare Collection Manager, enabling local discovery and access.

Find CRL Staff and Events at 2017 ALA Annual Conference
13 Jun 2017

A number of CRL staff members will attend this year’s American Library Association Annual Conference to report on and gather input for CRL programs.

Project CERES Marks its Fifth Year
7 Jun 2017

CRL and partners continue their support for preservation and digtiization of historical agricultural publications through Project CERES

CRL Libraries Donate Print STE Serials to Linda Hall Collections
23 May 2017

CRL libraries are helping grow and strengthen the print journal holdings maintained under the Global Resources Partnership in Science, Technology and Engineering, to ensure the availability of knowledge resources vital to research and learning.

Technology Serials Digitized by CRL and Linda Hall Library
20 Apr 2017

CRL and the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology (LHL) have recently completed the first round of strategic digitization of serials jointly held by the two organizations. 

Demand Purchase Program Expands Research Resources for Scholars
31 Mar 2017

The Demand Purchase program is a key service through which CRL acquires materials identified by researchers that may be costly, difficult to obtain, or beyond the scope of local collection policies. Patrons at CRL institutions may request materials from CRL in specific categories--foreign dissertations, newspapers, and archival material--with a maximum expenditure of $2,000 per patron per year.

Newly Digitized CRL resources for research on Latin America
17 Mar 2017

CRL's new focus on digitization of Latin American materials has begun to expose a wealth of resources for cultural and political studies.

Find CRL Staff and Events at 2017 ALA Midwinter Conference
6 Jan 2017

A number of CRL staff members will attend this year’s ALA Midwinter Conference in Atlanta, January 20-24, to report on, and gather input for, CRL programs.

CRL Members Vote To Acquire Six New Collections
6 Dec 2016

CRL voting member libraries have approved CRL acquisition of six valuable microform collections through the 2016 Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $138,643. The collections will be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.

New Mellon Foundation Support for International Effort on Global Resources
28 Oct 2016

New funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable CRL and international partners to expand access to source materials for area and international studies. 

ICON Adds Readex News Metadata
26 Oct 2016

Readex's metadata for digitized newspapers provides valuable data on publication history and product coverage in key databases for academic research.