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About Collections

About Our Collections

Over six million newspapers, journals, books, pamphlets, dissertations, archives, government publications, and other resources held by CRL support original research and teaching.

CRL holdings include materials from all world regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central, South and Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe.

While these shared collections are largely paper and microform, CRL provides online access to a continually expanding body of digital materials.

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Collections Team


Kevin Merriman | Director of Global Collections


Marie Waltz | Head of Access Initiatives and Collections Care


Marlies Bauhofer | Collection Services Librarian


Patrick Nowacki | Print Services Manager


Teeaye Nettles | ILL Services Manager


Rory Harkleroad | Access Initiatives Assistant


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Collecting 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
materials in the following areas for CRL libraries on request:

Doctoral Dissertations, Newspapers, Archival material

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.

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