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Visit CRL During ALA Annual Conference in Chicago

Friday, June 28, 2013 - 12:50pm to 3:50pm

Librarians and library staff visiting Chicago for the ALA Annual Conference this summer are invited to participate in a CRL collections and facility tour.

Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on its Collections and Services on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Participation in this event is open to all librarians, library staff, and faculty at CRL libraries.

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2013 Annual Council of Voting Members Meeting and Collections Forum

Friday, April 19, 2013 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

Join CRL for the 2013 Annual Council Meeting, which will be held as an all-day web conference.

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Webinar: Access to Science and Technology Collections from Linda Hall Library

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Print serials from the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology are now available electronically to CRL libraries through on-demand digitization and traditional document delivery via the RapidILL service. This special webinar for CRL members offers more information about this partnership and the vast shared collection among CRL and Linda Hall.

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Webinar: Access to News in a Digital Age

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Presenters will discuss evolving models of access to electronic news resources and scholars' changing research practices. CRL will update members on its strategy for ensuring access to current and historical news.

The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries: A Forum on the Future

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 1:00am to Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 3:00am

A two-day invitational conference at Duke University will explore connections between global scholarship and the collective ability of research libraries to support it.

Webinar: Text Mining Opportunities and Challenges

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Text mining helps researchers extract valuable information and data from large bodies of text, but presents formidable technical and intellectual property challenges for libraries. This CRL webinar, featuring presenters from Elsevier and Gale Cengage, explores recent trends in text mining and how academic publishers and libraries are responding.

Charleston Preconference: Emerging Approaches to Archiving Commercial Databases

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

This CRL-sponsored panel, featuring representatives from repositories, database publishers, and research libraries, will explore what is needed to achieve sustainable archiving of digital materials, and potential near-future innovations.

Webinar: Research Access to Sources on Law and Government

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This webinar surveys accessibility of sources in law and government in the light of current research interests. Speakers will assess the coverage of legacy materials in subscription databases; the scope of the GPO's FDsys repository; and prospects for access to documents from international sources.

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Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on its Collections and Services on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time.

Webinar: CRL Purchase and Licensing Programs

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 2:00am to 3:00am

In this informative webinar, Member Liaison and Outreach Services Director Mary Wilke and Digital Program Manager Virginia Kerr explain how CRL libraries can participate in collection building through Purchase Proposal, Shared Purchase, and Electronic Licensing programs.

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Webinar: Agriculture

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

In an era of growing concern about water and food supply, materials related to agriculture have increased in value. This webinar will discuss plans for the systematic archiving of agriculture print materials, as well as resources currently available in this crucial research area.

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LARRP Annual Meeting

Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 8:30am to 10:00am

The Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP) will meet Sunday, June 17, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. as part of the SALALM Conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Webinar: CRL Collections and Services

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 2:00am to 3:00am

The Center for Research Libraries will present a 60-minute webinar on its Collections and Services on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Central Time.

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2012 Annual Members Council Meeting and Collections Forum

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:00am to Friday, April 20, 2012 - 4:00pm

This year, CRL’s annual council meeting will be an in-person event held in Chicago, over two days in April. Save the dates to participate in the principal annual CRL governance event. The council meeting is intended for CRL library directors, associate university librarians, and collection development officers.

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Webinar: Interlibrary Loan at CRL

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 2:00am to 3:00am

This webinar on Wednesday, March 14, will help CRL member libraries and faculty make the most of their unlimited access to CRL resources through interlibrary loan.

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Webinar: Print Archives and Preservation Registry

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 2:00am to 3:00am

Lizanne Payne discusses and demonstrates a prototype of CRL’s Print Archives and Preservation Registry (PAPR) system, which will provide information about print archiving programs and collection analysis tools.

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CRL Meetings at 2012 ALA Midwinter

Friday, January 20, 2012 - 12:00am to Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Find CRL at the 2012 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Dallas.

Webinar: Human Rights Documentation

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 2:00am to 3:00am

This event will present the findings of CRL’s study of how electronic evidence and documentation of human rights violations are collected and maintained.

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CRL Preconference at Charleston: Weighing the Evidence: Evaluating Major Research Databases

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

At this CRL-sponsored preconference, leading collection development and licensing specialists will discuss ways of measuring the worth of major databases and what kinds of information and tools are available to support library decision-making.