The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. Founded in 1949, CRL supports original research and inspired teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by preserving and making available to scholars a wealth of rare and uncommon primary source ...

CRL guarantees the long-term persistence and continued functionality of the news content for the CRL community. We will soon provide details of our plans for archiving the digital content created for the World Newspaper Archive. We aim to ensure not only persistent access, but CRL member control over the future costs and quality of that access.

CRL member libraries gain access to unique primary source materials in various formats—digital and analog—identified and selected by leading subject specialists at major North American research Since 1949 membership in the Center for Research Libraries has empowered academic and research libraries to advance collection building beyond the ...

Sep 3, 2024 · “Jake Nadal is an excellent choice as CRL’s next president,” adds Denise Stephens, Chair of the CRL Board of Directors. “He brings impressive depth and scale of collections experience, a record of collaborative leadership impacts, and a clear view of the evolving shared information landscape.

CRL collects broadly in the area of primary legal and government resources, with an emphasis on serial publications from central governments including legislative, administrative, financial, and statistical reports. CRL purchases government archives and records through CRL's cooperative collection building programs.

Anyone can contact CRL's Access Initiatives and Collections Care Department with a research question. We will help guide research and supply additional finding aids as needed. A Reference Consultation can help you identify material in our collection that is relevant to your research topic.

CRL’s quarterly publication examining the challenges of preservation and access for primary source materials in various fields. Access to News in the Digital Era, Summer 2013 - CRL’s recent roundtable Beyond the Fold: Access to News in the Digital Age explored new scholarly uses of news databases, and the role of libraries in ensuring long ...

6 days ago · Join CRL on Thursday, September 28, for the second community-wide convening of CRL’s process to strengthen and reinvest in global collections. Educopia project leads, Jessica Meyerson and Katherine Kim, will introduce Impact and Sustainability sprint team members to discuss work accomplished through the summer.

Jun 11, 2018 · Since the project’s completion in 2000, CRL has migrated the collection several times but lacked sufficient resources and a viable platform upon which to ehance the original collection. Nonetheless, the Brazilian documents have consistently remained one of the highest-used resources of CRL’s diverse Digital Collections.

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) seeks a confidential Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the CRL President and leadership team. Reporting to the CRL President, the Executive Assistant is a key member of the CRL team, often acting as the first point of contact between the CRL President and key external and internal ...