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The Center's Annual Meeting, April 14-15 in Chicago, included forums on building an e-CRL and rethinking the fee structure, as well as a facility tour.
Global Resources Winter Newsletter Available
21 Jan 2005
Global Resources Winter Newsletter Available
Please join the Center’s board and staff in welcoming Oklahoma State University as a new Voting member, effective January 1, 2005. Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and includes auxiliary campuses in Oklahoma City and Okmulgee.
Lighting Upgrade Grant
21 Dec 2004
The Center has been awarded an Illinois Clean Energy grant of $56,400 to upgrade and modernize the Center’s lighting system on all four floors. The Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, a subsidiary of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), invests in clean energy development and land preservation efforts to improve environmental quality in Illinois. The grant will enable the Center to upgrade 1,295 fixtures with energy-efficient lamps and install motion-activated on/off switching in the storage areas.
FY2005 Purchase Proposal Voting Completed
17 Dec 2004
FY2005 Purchase Proposal Voting Completed
Purchase Proposal Results
15 Dec 2004
The FY04 Purchase Proposal vote is complete.
FY2005 Purchase Proposal Ballot
9 Nov 2004
The Center for Research Libraries is pleased to share a detailed list of items on this year's Purchase Proposal Ballot. Voting members have until December 2, 2004 to return their ballot.
14 new members join the Center
27 Oct 2004
The Center is pleased to welcome as new members the following colleges and universities. Six of them belong to the MINITEX consortium and five belong to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM). College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
This debut issue of the Global Resources newsletter reflects the vision and commitment of a newly formed partnership composed of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). The newsletter features a preview of upcoming GRN activities and an update on each of the projects.
Streamlining the Catalog Search
21 Sep 2004
Finding primary resource materials for advanced research is now easy and fast with Catalog Search, the newly redesigned search feature on the Center’s Web site.
Center Web Site Now Print Friendly
24 Aug 2004
The Center Web site is now more printer friendly, due to a newly designed print style sheet. Simply select the desired page and choose PRINT from your browser window.
FY04 ILL Figures
24 Aug 2004
In 2004 the Center shipped 92% of interlibrary loans within 24 hrs and 90% of copies within 24 hrs.
Recent Center Acquisitions
8 Jul 2004
CRL's recent Middle East and Africana acquisitions.
ICON Survey Results
15 Apr 2004
Learn about the "Disappearing News" and the Center’s newspaper preservation survey.
Annual Council Meeting of Voting Members
4 Mar 2004
The 55th annual meeting of the Center’s Council of Voting Members will be held on Friday, April 23, 2004. The meeting will feature the session, Building Blocks of a National Print Preservation Network: A Strategic Forum.
DATAD Workshop
25 Mar 2003
DATAD announces workshop titled Intellectual Property, Governance, Dissemination, and Funding Strategies, February 19-20, 2004 in Accra, Ghana.
NEH Grant for ICON Preservation Effort
24 Apr 2002
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) a grant of $350,000, for continued support of the International Coalition on Newspapers project (ICON).
Mellon Funds CRL Initiatives
24 Apr 2002
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $510,000 to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to support strategic initiatives in cataloging, the development of distributed print archives, and cooperative collection development.
Bernard Reilly Appointed CRL President
20 Jul 2001
Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., has been appointed President of the Center for Research Libraries.
Melissa D. Trevvett, Associate Dean at Loyola University Libraries, has been appointed Vice President and Director of Programs and Services at the Center for Research Libraries.