The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is pleased to formally announce the creation of nine new Global Collections Committees (GCCs). In a meeting last November, the CRL Board of Directors approved the implementation of a new committee structure...
CRL’s textbook collection has undergone a recent resurgence of interest. Spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries, this underexplored collection of 80,000 items includes primary and secondary school books, post-high school business and trade schools...
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is launching a pilot project to explore a new data model for cooperative cataloging, grounded in matching theory. This approach focuses on creating chains or cycles of cataloging exchanges, rather than...
Jacob Nadal closed out CRL's 2025 Annual Meeting — his first at the CRL helm since joining the Center in November 2024 — with a Presidential Address that touched on themes including viewing CRL as a joint venture with its members, the importance of...
Amy Wood, CRL’s Director of Discovery & Technology, opened the session “Charting the Course: A Forum on Collective Action Strategy” at the 2025 CRL Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, May 20–21), with the following presentation.
Over the past 76 years, CRL...
The newly-minted CRL prospectus, including our audited FY24 financial documents, describes the activities of the organization, lays out our guiding principles and business model, and outlines CRL’s emerging strategic directions.
The PAN Forum will take place at the June 2025 ALA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
PAN is a free and open platform for sharing information about shared print programs. Anyone interested in shared print is welcome to attend and participate.
The Center...
Two weeks into his tenure as CRL President, Jacob Nadal sat down with Jen Jenkins, Head of Membership Engagement and Communications, to chat about his professional trajectory, what's unique about CRL and why he's excited to lead it at this moment in...
As the Center for Research Libraries prepares for a leadership transition, we sat down with CRL President Greg Eow to talk about the accomplishments of his tenure and what the CRL community can look forward to in the years ahead.
“What is CRL?” ...