Global Resources Programs

Many communities of interest work under the CRL umbrella to preserve and make accessible to researchers important documentation from all world regions. Librarians, area specialists and scholars identify materials that are at-risk and/or not readily available to North American researchers and facilitate accessibility through microfilming, digitization, description, and other means. CRL provides an administrative umbrella for these programs and promotes cross-fertilization and economies of scale.

CAMP

The Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous Africana research materials for its members. CAMP emphasizes original preservation of newspapers, journals, government publications, archives, and the personal papers of scholars and government leaders. Read more...

CIFNAL

CIFNAL, the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections, was founded in 2006 to promote and facilitate the cooperative exchange of ideas and resources between Francophone and North American research libraries. CIFNAL seeks to improve access to French and French-language resources through licensing, digitization, and institutional connections. Read more...

GNARP

The German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) supports the acquisition, sharing, and use of German-language materials among North American libraries, and the fostering of closer collaboration with German research libraries. Read more...

HRADP

The Human Rights Archives and Documentation Program (HRADP) facilitates efforts by institutions to identify, preserve, and provide access to human rights-related archives and documentation by collecting and sharing information about the nature and status of at-risk materials, and providing other technical, communications, and financial support for preserving and maintaining those materials. Read more...

ICON

The International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) is a multi-institutional effort to promote the accessibility and preservation of international newspaper collections by gathering and providing data on physical and digital collections of newspapers from all world regions. The program supports the ICON Database of International Newspapers and conducts assessments of major newspaper digitization initiatives. Read more...

LAMP

The Latin American Materials Project (LAMP) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous Latin American research materials for its members. LAMP emphasizes original preservation, either through microfilming or digitization, of newspapers, journals, archives, and ephemeral material from Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more...

LARRP

The Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) is a cooperative initiative that seeks to improve access to the array of research resources published in Latin America. LARRP supports collaborative projects that increase free and open access to information in support of learning and scholarship in Latin American Studies, and cultivates relationships within the academic library community. Read more...

MEMP

The Middle East Materials Project (MEMP) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous research materials pertaining to the field of Middle Eastern studies for its members. MEMP emphasizes original preservation, either through microfilming or digitization, of newspapers, pamphlets, and ephemeral material from or about the Middle East and the Arab world. Read more...

Print Archive Network (PAN)

The Center for Research Libraries promotes opportunities for libraries and consortia to share information, expertise and best practices for the cooperative, strategic management of major print holdings. One such venue for this kind of information-sharing is the Print Archive Network (PAN). Read more...

SAMP

SAMP Fee Waiver FormThe South Asia Materials Project (SAMP) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous research materials in South Asian studies for its members. SAMP emphasizes original preservation, either through microfilming or digitization, of newspapers, journals, official publications, monographs, and ephemera in all languages of South Asia. Read more...

SEAM

The Southeast Asia Materials Project (SEAM) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous research materials in Southeast Asian studies for its members. SEAM emphasizes original preservation, either through microfilming or digitization, of newspapers, archives, manuscripts, journals, and ephemera relating to all countries of Southeast Asia. Read more...

SEEMP

The Slavic and East European Materials Project (SEEMP) acquires, preserves, and maintains microform and digital collections of unique, rare, and bulky or voluminous research materials pertaining to the field of Slavic and East European studies for its members. SEEMP emphasizes original preservation, either through microfilming or digitization, of newspapers, journals, books, archives, pamphlets, and other relevant materials from the region. Read more...

TRAIL

TRAIL works to ensure preservation, discoverability, and persistent open access to government technical publications regardless of form or format. TRAIL identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes, and provides persistent and free access to historical collections of federally funded technical research reports held by research libraries and other organizations. Read more...