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About Collections

CRL Collection Philosophy

As a membership organization, the primary community served by CRL’s collections are member libraries and affiliated researchers. CRL provides rich, diverse, and relevant collections and services that complement the aggregate of their local collections.

CRL is actively developing a Global Collection that reflects a multi-faceted approach to collecting materials which represent diverse perspectives, regions, and disciplines that include voices and knowledge systems worldwide. Our work reflects our understanding that all human knowledge is interconnected and requires a collection strategy that reflects the global nature of scholarship. We affirm having an ethical responsibility to acquire, steward, and provide access to collections in a manner consistent with our mission vision and values...

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Collections Team


Kevin Merriman | Director of Global Collections


Marie Waltz | Head of Access Initiatives and Collections Care


Marlies Bauhofer | Collections Services Librarian


Patrick Nowacki | Print Services Manager


Teeaye Nettles | ILL Services Manager


Rory Harkleroad | Access Initiatives Assistant


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Collection Areas

CRL collects and shares a diverse range of rare and unique materials with researchers.

Demand Purchase Program

To meet scholars’ individual research needs, CRL purchases Doctoral Dissertations, Newspapers, Archival material on request.

Shared Print

Shared print is a movement in which libraries work together on a coordinated, community-wide effort to preserve print collections through collective action.

TRAIL

TRAIL identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes, and provides free access to U.S. government technical reports, preserving valuable scientific and technological literature.