I. Name

The name of the body is the CIFNAL: Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections/Collectif international des fonds documentaires en langue française. CIFNAL is an unincorporated association, with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) acting in the capacity of fiscal and legal agent.

II. Purpose

The purpose of CIFNAL is to improve access to French and francophone resources for North American libraries and to North American resources for francophone libraries; promote collaboration and resource sharing among North American libraries; make collections more interconnected; promote collaboration and resource sharing between North American and francophone libraries.

III. Membership

1. Membership in CIFNAL is open to institutions and individuals concerned with higher education or research and actively engaged in facilitating access to research resources relating to francophone studies. The membership shall consist of North American and francophone libraries, universities or other academic or research institutions, and include librarians and scholars from a range of academic institutions, large and small. Institutions need not be members of CRL to participate in CIFNAL.
2. There are two categories of membership: Institutional and Personal.
   1. Institutional Members are academic or research institutions that agree to participate, to abide by the terms and conditions set forth in the bylaws, and to fulfill responsibilities outlined in the participant agreement.
      Each institution shall designate a Member Representative to serve as the official contact and voting representative of the institution. However, all employees, staff, faculty, students, and associates of an Institutional Member may participate in committees and contribute to activities of CIFNAL. Benefits provided to Institutional Members shall be conferred to all members of the institution.
      Institutional Members through their representatives are eligible to propose, enact, and otherwise participate in project activities and derive benefit therefrom, participate in project meetings and communications, vote on governance issues and other matters requiring membership approval, stand for elected offices and serve on the Steering Committee and other working groups and task forces, and to elect officers and Steering Committee members.
   2. Personal Members are individuals interested in contributing to the objectives and activities of CIFNAL, even though their institution is not an institutional member.
      Personal Members are eligible to participate in project activities, stand for elected offices and serve on the Steering Committee and other working groups and task forces. Certain benefits provided to Institutional Members may not apply to Personal Members. Personal Members are ineligible to vote on matters of project activity or governance unless otherwise outlined in this document.
3. An institution/individual may join CIFNAL upon submission of a statement of intent to join and upon completion of a participant agreement signed by an authorized representative of the institution/individual.

IV. Governance

1. CIFNAL shall be governed by a committee comprised of the Member Representatives of each Institutional Member.
2. The committee is empowered to consider and formulate the policies and procedures governing CIFNAL, elect officers, Steering Committee members, and Working Group Coordinators, amend bylaws, and consider and vote on matters requiring membership approval as necessary.
3. All Institutional Members shall have equal votes on matters requiring a formal approval. Each institution shall be accorded one vote, to be decided and cast by the Member Representative.
4. Votes shall be conducted by mail or electronic ballot, or during the course of official meetings. A Member Representative may designate another staff member to represent the institution, should the Member Representative not be available at the time of voting. A vote at an official meeting is valid on all issues if a quorum of one-half plus one of the Member Representatives is in attendance.
5. Issues of CIFNAL policy or practice shall not intentionally conflict with or contradict the policies and practices of any member institution or the Center for Research Libraries. Where conflicts may arise, the policies of the institution shall prevail.

V. Steering Committee

1. CIFNAL shall be managed by a Steering Committee comprised of elected representatives from the membership. Procedures are outlined in Section VIII.
2. The Steering Committee is empowered to conduct the business of CIFNAL in accordance with the recommendations of the membership; approve and enact project activities; discuss and recommend future policy or changes in policy to be adopted by the membership; make budgetary decisions for CIFNAL; approach funding agencies; conduct periodic membership drives; and maintain communication with scholarly and professional associations as well as with other, similar cooperative projects.
3. The Steering Committee shall consist of at least five representatives of CIFNAL.
   1. Two representatives shall be elected to at-large positions on the Steering Committee for a two-year term.
   2. A Secretary shall be elected for a three-year term to record, post and distribute minutes of meetings of the Steering Committee and the Membership.
   3. The Chair of CIFNAL shall chair the Steering Committee.
   4. Elected Coordinators of standing Working Groups shall serve on the Steering Committee for the period of their elected terms.
   5. A representative of CRL shall serve as an ex officio member of the Steering Committee.
   6. The Chair shall appoint an additional member at large to the Steering Committee for a two year term as a representative from a francophone institution.
4. An advisory group of scholars and end-users, including representatives from academic organizations concerned with library and scholarly issues in francophone studies as well as nonacademic information users and providers, shall be appointed by the Steering Committee as appropriate. The makeup of the advisory group shall be formulated to provide a balance of opinion and diversity of expertise. Members of the advisory group need not be from institutions that are a member of CIFNAL, and shall serve as ex-officio members of the Steering Committee.
5. All elected representatives on the Steering Committee, including the Chair, shall have equal votes on matters requiring a formal approval by the Committee. Each member shall be accorded one vote. Ex-officio members shall be nonvoting members.
6. Steering Committee Members may be reelected for one additional term. Elected members begin their term of office immediately following the annual membership meeting.
7. In the event a member is unable to serve a full term, the Chair shall appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. Following this period, the replacement shall be eligible to stand for election according to the terms of Section V.F. above.
8. A Steering Committee member may be removed from office by the Steering Committee whenever, in their judgment, he or she does not fulfill the duties of the office. Removal may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the Steering Committee.

VI. Officers

1. Chair
   1. A Chair of CIFNAL shall be elected from among representatives of the membership in accordance with the procedures in Section VIII. The Chair automatically becomes a member of the Steering Committee.
   2. The duties of the Chair are to arrange, prepare for, and preside over meetings of the Steering Committee and membership; implement, coordinate, or distribute responsibilities for projects and activities of CIFNAL; regularly report to and communicate with the membership; arrange for elections and ballots on matters of official project activity or governance; undertake correspondence and represent CIFNAL to external parties; and act as liaison to CRL and other appropriate governing bodies.
   3. The Chair shall serve a term of three years; reelection is permitted. The Chair shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Steering Committee for one year following term of office.
   4. In the event a Chair is unable to serve a full term, the Steering Committee shall appoint a Chair pro tem to serve until the next election. Following this period, the replacement shall be eligible to stand for election according to the terms of Section VI.A.3 above.
   5. The Chair may be removed from office by the Steering Committee whenever, in their judgment, he or she does not fulfill the duties of the office. Removal may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the Steering Committee.

VII. Working Groups and Task Forces

1. Working Groups: The Steering Committee shall appoint standing Working Groups for continuing duties to enact project business.
   1. Working Groups shall be comprised of Member Representatives and Personal Members who elect to participate.
   2. Working Groups shall be chaired by a Coordinator, who shall be elected in accordance with the procedures in Section VIII. Working Group Coordinators shall serve a term of three years.
   3. Elected Coordinators of standing Working Groups shall serve on the Steering Committee for the period of their elected terms.
   4. A Working Group can be terminated by a majority vote of the Steering Committee.
2. Task Forces: The Chair, in consultation with the Steering Committee, shall appoint necessary Task Forces to accomplish projects of limited duration.

VIII. Elections

1. Elections for the Chair, members of the Steering Committee, Working Group Coordinators, and all elected officers shall be conducted by mail or electronic ballot.
   1. The Chair of the Steering Committee shall appoint members to a Nominating Committee which shall solicit nominations from Member Representatives, compose a slate of candidates, and obtain their agreement to serve.
   2. No later than sixty (60) days before the annual meeting, the Nominating Committee shall forward the slate of candidates to the CRL representative to conduct the ballot.
   3. Election shall be decided by a simple majority vote by voting Member Representatives. Any ties shall be broken by a vote of the incumbent Steering Committee.
   4. The nominating committee shall inform the successful candidates and shall announce the election results to the membership.

IX. Meetings

1. Steering Committee Meetings
   1. The Steering Committee shall meet at least once a year, as arranged by the Chair, with notification beforehand. The meeting may be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Library Association or with any other meeting or event convenient or appropriate for the incumbent Steering Committee. The Committee may convene at additional times during the year in person or via other communication methods, as arranged by the Chair with notification beforehand.
   2. The members of the Steering Committee attend all Steering Committee meetings. In exceptional circumstances, and at the discretion of the Chair, a Steering Committee member may delegate a representative to attend in his or her place, who shall have the member's full voting rights.
   3. Steering Committee meetings shall be open for attendance by all members unless specifically designated otherwise.
2. Working Group and Task Force Meetings
   1. Meetings of Working Groups and Task Forces shall be arranged as necessary. Meetings shall be open for attendance by all members unless specifically designated otherwise.
3. Membership Meeting
   1. An open meeting of CIFNAL may be held once a year, as arranged by the Chair, with notification beforehand, to transact such business as may come before the membership. This meeting may be held in conjunction with or as part of the annual Steering Committee meeting.
   2. Membership attendance is not required at membership meetings, though a Member Representative or his or her designee must be present at the meeting in order to vote. In consideration of the international composition of membership, issues requiring voting by the membership should be presented in advance of official meetings to allow for input by members unable to attend meetings.

X. Administration, Finance, and Ownership

1. Administration: CIFNAL shall be administered by CRL.
   CRL shall assist with fiscal management (e.g., accounting, disbursements, invoicing, financial reporting, and audits); procurement of necessary legal services (review of contracts, agreements, templates for partnerships and collaborative activities, execution of cooperative agreements); project logistics (meeting arrangements, communications, including project reporting, notifications, shipping and delivery of materials, etc.); rights acquisition and management; licensing/managing subscription access to materials; and other project management activities as appropriate and feasible. Fees to cover costs of activity and base expenses of administration may be assessed to CIFNAL by CRL.
   CRL shall provide financial reports to the Steering Committee on an annual basis and at the request of the Steering Committee.
2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of CIFNAL begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year.
3. Management and Disbursement of Funds: Projects and activities shall be funded by monies raised by CIFNAL, whether through grants, contributions, donations, fees, or other means. The Chair and Steering Committee are responsible for fiscal decisions dealing with monies allocated to or raised by CIFNAL. These officers shall consult with the membership on a regular basis concerning dispersal of funds.
   No part of the net earnings of CIFNAL shall be distributed to the benefit of any member or officer of CIFNAL nor any private individual (except that of reasonable compensation which may be paid for services rendered to or for CIFNAL).
4. Fees: CIFNAL may, at its discretion, assess fees for membership and participation. Fees shall be used to support project initiatives, value-added services such as may become available, or activities that are funded through subscriptions, use fees, or mechanisms for cost-recovery.
5. Ownership: Assets acquired by CIFNAL shall be the property of the Center for Research Libraries, unless otherwise specified and agreed to in writing.
6. Dissolution: In the event of the dissolution or termination of CIFNAL, assets and property of CIFNAL shall remain with CRL. In the event of the dissolution of CRL, all remaining assets and property of CIFNAL, after payment of necessary expenses thereof, shall return to CIFNAL, to be disbursed at the discretion of the Steering Committee.

XI. Amendments

Amendments to the bylaws may be proposed by any Institutional Member of CIFNAL. Amendments must be submitted in writing and shall be considered by the Member Representatives at the next membership meeting. A simple majority vote ensures the placement of the proposed amendment on a mail ballot.
Amendments to the bylaws shall be conducted by mail or electronic ballot. A proposed amendment is considered adopted if it receives a two-thirds affirmative vote from voting Member Representatives. The Chair shall arrange to add the adopted amendment to the official copies of the bylaws.

XII. Implementation

These bylaws shall come into force upon adoption by a two-thirds affirmative vote from voting Institutional Members.

The CIFNAL project began with a March 2004 resolution of the International Conference “Migrations, Society, Culture, and the Library,” sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries Western European Studies Section (ACRL-WESS) in Paris.  Encouraged by successful models in GRN’s global projects, the Ad Hoc Committee of ACRL-WESS [23]  established a working group in June 2004 to address the challenges of increasingly interconnected global cultures and the resultant demand for access to print and electronic French-language resources irrespective of borders. Although interest in all Francophone areas of the world is strong, the group decided to concentrate initially on establishing contacts with partners in France.

The group put forward a set of  strategic goals and detailed plans to launch activities in three areas: establish collaborative activities among French and North-American libraries; identify French institutional partners; and explore potential sources of funding to support cooperative activities. The Global Resources Network Advisory Committee endorsed the Ad Hoc Committee’s proposal in March 2005.

A steering committee was created in fall 2005 and charged with setting out the agenda and development plan for the project: Sarah Wenzel (chair), Tom Kilton (past chair), Jeffry Larson (French Partners Working Group coordinator), Sarah Sussman (Potential Sources of Funding Working Group coordinator), and Kati Radics (Goals Working Group coordinator).

CIFNAL [24] incorporated at the 2006 meeting of the American Library Association with the approval of a mission statement and bylaws.

Some of CIFNAL’s early activity included the establishment of the Bibliothèque Bleue [5] project, licensing of French-language databases for its members and participation in the August 2008 AIFBD conference in Montreal [25].

Claude Potts of the University of California, Berkeley gave a presentation about CIFNAL's history at the October 2017 event "New Directions for Libraries, Scholars, and Partnerships: an International Symposium [4]".  His presentation is available at https://escholarship.org/uc/item/74v8z194  [26]

The Global Resources Network [28], based at the Center for Research Libraries [17], welcomes the active participation of North American and Francophone libraries wishing to further the goals of CIFNAL.

CRL asks that a library formally join the project if one or more of its staff are interested in participating in CIFNAL activities and in furthering its goals. The level of involvement depends on the degree to which individual institutions wish to devote staff resources to furthering the goals of the project. As with any collaborative endeavor, the success of CIFNAL depends on institutional commitment and active participation.

Institutions wishing to become involved in the Cooperative Initiative for French and North American Libraries should fill out the Participant Agreement for Institutions. As of FY22, Institutional Members of CIFNAL pay an annual membership fee. The fee is U.S. $250 per year for institutions that are members of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL); the fee is U.S. $350 per year for institutions that are not CRL members.

Individuals who work at institutions that are not institutional members may join CIFNAL by filling out the Individual Participant Agreement. There is no membership fee for Individual Members of CIFNAL.

The opportunity for an institution to participate in digitizing decisions and priorities of ARTFL while supporting its growth is possible through the Sustaining Member Program [29]. Sustaining institutions will also be given the texts digitized under this program.

To learn more about CIFNAL, please contact Marlies Bauhofer [30].

To join the CIFNAL listserv, please e-mail Marlies Bauhofer [30] with your full name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.

Meeting Minutes and other information related to the ongoing work of CIFNAL may be found in the CIFNAL Workspace [11].

The CIFNAL Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content.  It is open to CIFNAL Members only.  Contact [20] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.

CIFNAL shall be managed by a Steering Committee comprised of elected representatives from the membership.

The Steering Committee is empowered to conduct the business of CIFNAL in accordance with the recommendations of the membership; approve and enact project activities; discuss and recommend future policy or changes in policy to be adopted by the membership; make budgetary decisions for CIFNAL; approach funding agencies; conduct periodic membership drives; and maintain communication with scholarly and professional associations as well as with other, similar cooperative projects.

Current Members of the CIFNAL Steering Committee:

CIFNAL Chair (2023-2026):  Claude Potts (University of California, Berkeley)

Secretary (2023-2026):  Emma Popowich, University of Manitoba

Members-at-Large (2023-2025):

Paula Carns, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign

Joanneke Fleischauer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 

Members-at-Large (2022-2024):

Laura Martin, University of Wisconsin Madison
Jessica Grzegorski, Newberry Library

Engaging Francophone Partners Working Group Chair (2023-2025):
Hélène Huet, University of Florida

Collection Development Working Group Chair (2023-2025):
Monica Moore, University of Notre Dame

Ex Officio Member:
Marlies Bauhofer, Center for Research Libraries

CIFNAL Steering Committee Meeting Minutes and other information related to the ongoing work of the CIFNAL Steering Committee can be found in the CIFNAL Steering Committee Workspace [38]. Meeting Minutes of the CIFNAL Members Meetings and other information related to CIFNAL can be found in the CIFNAL Workspace [11]. The CIFNAL Workspaces are wiki tools that members can access to review and edit or add content. They are open only to CIFNAL Members. Contact [20] the CRL representative Marlies Bauhofer mbauhofer@crl.edu [39] for information on access to the Workspace.

Access this resource [45]

CIFNAL and ARTFL (University of Chicago) are collaborating with the Médiathèque de l’agglomération troyenne (MAT) to add text-searching and analysis capabilities to its collection of the Bibliothèque Bleue. The project aims to create a searchable digital library of chapbooks from France printed in the 17th to the early 19th centuries. ARTFL has generously provided the initial funding for this project.

Bibliothèque Bleue [33] is characterized as works of popular literature—fiction, popularized histories, advice manuals—printed in France on inexpensive blue paper and sold by itinerant vendors on the streets. MAT (the municipal library of Troyes) has one of the most important collections of works of this genre. Its collection contains more than 2,500 works, almost 700 of which were printed in Troyes.

MAT has begun to digitize these works, and has contributed nearly 300 texts for marking up by CIFNAL/ARTFL. To date, ARTFL has created double-keyed and tagged texts of 116 titles, using TEI-light encoding and incorporating into ARTFL’s PhiloLogic database. The texts are available at: https://artfl-project.uchicago.edu/node/170 [33].

Coordinators: Sarah Sussman (Stanford), Mark Olsen and Robert Morrissey (ARTFL), Monsieur Thierry Delcourt (MAT).

For more information about the Médiathèque de l’agglomération troyenne and its collections and projects, please visit https://troyes-champagne-mediatheque.fr/  [46]

In accordance with a memorandum of understanding between CIFNAL and the Digital Library of the Caribbean [48] (dLOC), the goal of this project is to work together to improve and increase electronic access to francophone documents. These may represent collections located in the French Caribbean or outside of the French Caribbean with a focus on this region.

Currently collaborating with the Haitian National Archives and other cultural collections in Haiti, dLOC and its francophone partners have concluded historic agreements to preserve and expand access to vital documents and materials. The success of the dLOC model is based on mutual international cooperation. CIFNAL members will bring additional linguistic and cultural assets to help dLOC reach out to new French-speaking partners.

Specifically, the two groups will work together to address needs related to:

• communication, partner relations, and translation
• meetings, training, fundraising, and grant writing
• collection development decisions and directions
• cultivation of relations with libraries and research institutes, specifically in France and the French Caribbean.

This is an excellent time to begin volunteering time to the project and there are many ways your expertise can help.  Whether working on collection development projects or helping assure the quality of the dLOC web site and its French language content and OCR data, there are a myriad of ways to get involved today.  One of the easiest is simply to sign up for a MYdLOC account which will allow you to submit new materials online to the digital library and also add and edit metadata directly.  Please sign up today at the following address:  http://www.dloc.com/ufdc/?a=dloc1&m=hmp [49]

CIFNAL members who have questions about this project should contact Hélène Huet [50].

This project aims to identify, locate, and publicize major sets of microfilm pertaining to the history, culture, language, and literature of France and francophone countries. The selected microfilm resources have significant research value and reflect holdings in European and North American libraries and archives.

This list can be found on the French Microform Sets page [52] of the European Studies Section Libguides [53].

This project was coordinated by Ceres Birkhead, University of Utah.

Please contact CIFNAL [20] for additional information.

Coordinator:  Collection Development Working Group

This project has created and will sustain a database and map of very strong French and Francophone collections at institutions in the United States and Canada. The initial database was compiled by Anne-Charlotte Pivot, an intern from ENSSIB in 2017.  Anne-Charlotte prepared a detailed explanation of the rationale behind the project and how to best use the database, which is available in both English and French.  https://cifnalcollections.wordpress.com/ [55]

Launched in 2022, CIFNAL's Engaging Francophone Partners Working Group developed its 'Speaker Series,' designed to connect CIFNAL members and interested parties with vendors, librarians, scholars, and bibliographers in the area of French and Francophone studies. Videos from each talk are available below.

• Kathia Ibacache
  Access to The Haitian Zombie in Academic Collections
  May 31, 2024 - 1-2 EST  Watch here [57]

• Eva Jurczyk and Daniel Godefroy
  Access to Literature by Black Canadians
  October 20, 2023  Slides here [58] & Watch here [59]

• Aurélie Gadrat (Amalivre)
  Collecting Francophone comic books : illustrated reasons to collect Bande dessinées
  March 24, 2023 | Slides here [60]

• Charlotte Denoël
  Preserving and Disseminating Medieval French Manuscript Heritage: Current Research Programs and Future Perspectives at the Biblioth è que national de France
  June 10, 2022, | Watch here [61]

• Quinn Dombrowski
  Corpus Hebdo: Building Infrastructure for Multilingual Digital Humanities
  May 20, 2022, | Watch here [62]

• Nathan H. Dize
  Translating Haiti in the Archives of Predominantly White Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  April 15, 2022, | Watch here [63]

• Jérémie Roche (CAIRN), Julie Therizols (OpenEdition), and Emilie Chouinard (Erudit)
  The Future of Electronic Publishing in France and Francophone Canada
  March 28, 2022, | Watch here [64]

• Darlene Hull (Libros de Barlovento)
  Plein de Défis: a Book Vendor's Experience Acquiring Library Materials from Haiti
  March 4, 2022, | Watch here [65]

• M. Stephanie Chancy
  Preserving Cultural and Historical Patrimony: dLOC Partnerships and Collaborations in Haiti
  February 25, 2022, | Watch here [66]

• Clovis Gladstone
  Computational Approaches to Textual Scholarship: the ARTFL Project's French Digital Collections
  February 4, 2022, | Watch here [67]

CRL negotiates on behalf of CIFNAL institutions to license specialized French-language databases for members of CIFNAL.  The CIFNAL Collection Development Working Group [68] plays an active roled in identifying databases of interest to CIFNAL and identifying the subscription terms that would be acceptable to CIFNAL institutions.

More details about each of these offers can be found in eDesiderata [69].  Access to offer information on eDesiderata is available only to logged-in members.

CIFNAL currently facilitates subscriptions for its members for the electronic resources listed below:

Cairn

Created in September 2005 by four French-language academic publishers (Belin, De Boeck, La Découverte and Erès) and with the cooperation of the National Library of France and the National Book Center of France, Cairn [70] offers the most comprehensive collection of recent issues of French and Belgian journals in the humanities and social sciences available online.  Cairn's collections go back as far as 2001 for some titles.  Subscribing institutions may select one of several packages offered.

Classiques Garnier Numérique

The publishing house Classiques Garnier was established in 1833 to provide edited editions of classical, French, and worldwide literature. Series of critical essays in the humanities and social sciences were introduced in 1896. The first electronic content was offered in 1985, with a new series of electronic editions launched in 1998. Online resources available currently from Classiques Garnier Numérique [71] include databases of primary source texts, classic works of criticism, and dictionaries. 

Electronic Enlightenment

Electronic Enlightenment [72] is a full-text database of 18th-century primary sources from key figures of the Enlightenment. Contains texts from nearly 6,000 correspondents, 53,000 letters and documents, and nearly 230,000 critical annotations taken from major printed editions of correspondence from academic presses worldwide.

Érudit 

Érudit [73] is a publishing platform for scholarly and cultural journals, books, proceedings, theses, documents, and data developed by a nonprofit Canadian publishing consortium founded in 1998. Archival runs of journal publications published prior to a moving wall of current content are available through open access, while the remainder is available through subscription.

Le Grand Robert

Le Grand Robert [74] contains the entirety of the Grand Robert de la Langue Française in 6 volumes (his last edition). The online version makes accessible the 100,000 word definitions and 325,000 quotations from this prestigious dictionary.

L’Harmathèque 

The L’Harmathèque [75]'s platform offers a large volume of content in the form of ebooks, articles, videos, and audio recordings on many subjects in the humanities and social sciences. One notable subject area is Africana.The content of the ebooks comes from a variety of French publishing imprints, including L’Harmattan, Pagala, Odin, and IXE.

Klapp-Online, Bibliography of French Literature

In 2012, the long-established Klapp bibliography of French literature was converted into a database covering the years 1991–2011, presented as Klapp-Online [76]. Annual updates will be released each fall, integrated with the cumulative coverage. The publishers plan to continue with annual printed volumes as well.

Numerique Premium

The Numérique Premium [77] platform including ebooks from 70 French-speaking publishers and societies. The database is offered as an annual subscription or a one-off purchase for chosen thematic collections. It provides access to secondary works and some compilations of source materials in both “humanities and social sciences.” 

OpenEdition [77]

OpenEdition [78] serves the humanities and social sciences research communities through four publication and information platforms: OpenEdition Books (books series), Revues.org (scientific journals), Calenda, (academic announcements), and Hypotheses (research blogs). In 2015, all platforms receive 5 million visitors per month from all around the world.  OpenEdition is developed by the Centre for Open Electronic Publishing (Cleo), a non-profit public initiative promoting Open Access academic publishing, with the support of the main French research institutions. Since 2011, OpenEdition is complemented by a Freemium programme addressing libraries’ specific needs in a variety of formats and services.

Some offers may be exclusive to CIFNAL members.  Institutions are encouraged to join CIFNAL [79].

The Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL) participated in a planning grant to investigate digitization and cataloging of French Revolution Era Pamphlets. The original intent was to create a catalog that would be a database resource able to link users to full-text, digital facsimiles of French pamphlets made accessible by CIFNAL member institutions, international partner collections, and other freely accessible digital library collections, such as the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s Gallica collection.

A core group of interested CIFNAL members participated in the project, which was led by librarians at the University of Florida. Project partners discussed many challenges and options for enhancing discoverability of French Pamphlets.  Several of the project participants conducted environmental scans of their French Pamphlet collections, and a small amount of funding was provided to the Newberry Library and the University of Maryland library to digitize additional pamphlets and test workflows.

For more information, Contact CIFNAL [20].