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Save the date for the 2016 annual CRL Council of Voting Members Meeting, which will be held from 10:00 a.m. to noon (Central Time) in downtown Chicago, at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center. This is the main CRL governance event, at which designated representatives of CRL libraries review new and ongoing CRL inititatives, elect new Board members, and vote on the annual budget for the coming fiscal year. The meeting will be followed by the annual CRL Collections Forum [4] on April 14-15: "@Risk--Stewardship, Due Diligence, and the Future of Print."

Registration and continental breakfast 9:30-10:00 a.m.

• Chair’s Report

  Scott Waugh, Chair, CRL Board of Directors, and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Los Angeles
  Watch video [5] | CRL FY15 Annual Report [6]

• Secretary’s Report

  Thomas G. Burish, Secretary, CRL Board of Directors, and Provost of the University of Notre Dame
  Council Minutes 2015 (Draft) [7] (CRL Members Only)

• President’s Report: "CRL’s Strategic Investment in Digital Global Resources – An Update and Forecast" 

  Bernard Reilly, President, Center for Research Libraries

  Watch video [8]

  • The CRL president's report on the state of the Center will highlight CRL priorities for the coming fiscal year, and the rationale for major investment in digital resources and collection analysis. The report will examine two strategic issues for CRL:  
    1. Is CRL’s digital investment paying off?  Over the past ten years CRL has invested heavily in electronic access to primary source collections and data.  Should we continue and, if so, at what level?
    2. Should more CRL digital resources be Open Access?  To what extent are members in favor of subsidizing digital access for libraries outside the CRL community?
  • The president will also discuss the referendum on the question: 
    • Shall CRL begin to merge selected serial titles with related holdings at the Linda Hall Library? [9]  CRL’s Global Resources STE Partnership with Linda Hall has vastly expanded the number of journals available to CRL libraries. We are now ready to take the next step: strategic digitization and merging of historical titles.  

• Treasurer’s Report and Proposed Budget for FY2017

  Xuemao Wang, Treasurer, CRL Board of Directors, and Dean and University Librarian, University of Cincinnati
  • The CRL treasurer presents the proposed budget for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, for approval by CRL member library directors and other designated representatives of CRL libraries.
    Proposed Budget for FY17 [10] (CRL Members Only)

• Nominating Committee's Report and Election of Board of Directors

  Scott Waugh, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Los Angeles
  • CRL member library directors and other designated representatives of CRL libraries elect new members of the CRL Board of Directors [11]. CRL welcomes nominations from member libraries for new members of its governing board. 
    Nominating Committee Report [12]

• Primary Source Awards [13]

  Martha Hruska, Chair, CRL Collections and Services Policy Committee, and Associate University Librarian for Collection Services, University of California, San Diego
  Announcement of recipients

  Watch video [14]

Meeting Location

University of Chicago Gleacher Center [15]
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Downtown Chicago

Meeting Area Guide [16]

Accommodations

CRL has arranged for special rates at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive. Reservations can be made online at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/CenterResearchLibraries2016 [17]

Or call Central Reservations at 1-888-421-1442, referring to the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the dates of stay, and the “Center Research Libraries 2016 Meeting.” Reservations must be received on or before March 18, 2016.