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LAMP Acquires Microfilm of 19th-Century Women’s Journals from Brazil
December 29, 2009The collection features such titles as Novo Correio de Modas (1852–54), O Sexo Feminino (1873–89), and A Mai de Familia (Jan 1879–Dec 1888).
World Newspaper Archive Expansion to Africa, South Asia
December 16, 2009Latin American Newspapers reaches 970,000 pages; African Newspapers preliminary release is expected in December.
2009 LARRP Annual Report
December 15, 2009The 2009 LARRP chair’s report is now available for participants.
Africa Studies Centre (Leiden, The Netherlands) joins CAMP
December 14, 2009The Africa Studies Center (The Netherlands) becomes the newest international member of the Cooperative Africana Microform Project.
New Content Enhances CRL American Periodicals Collection
December 9, 2009Children accidentally aloft in a balloon—information now available in digitized historic American periodicals from CRL.
University of Pennsylvania joins CIFNAL
December 3, 2009The University becomes the group’s 29th institutional member.
The University of Pennsylvania is the latest institution to join the German-North American Resources Partnership.
CAMP Welcomes the University of Sheffield as Newest Member
November 17, 2009The University of Sheffield (UK) is the newest international member of CAMP (Cooperative Africana Microform Project). CAMP, founded in 1963, is a joint effort by research libraries throughout the world and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to promote the preservation of publications and archives concerning the nearly fifty nations of Sub-Saharan Africa
Charleston Advisor New Product Reviews
November 13, 2009The new issue (V11N2) of The Charleston Advisor (TCA), a print and online review of electronic resources for libraries, has been released.
Vote in Purchase Proposal Program
November 11, 2009Voting has begun on the CRL FY2010 Purchase Proposal Ballot. This year CRL will allocate $135,000 to the purchase of collections through this program.
CRL Appoints Lizanne Payne to Lead Print Archiving Program
November 10, 2009The goal of the initiative is to significantly reduce costs, increase accessibility, and foster long-term preservation of journals, newspapers, and government documents for scholars and researchers in the CRL community.
CRL Announces Enhanced New Web Site
October 19, 2009Dramatic new design offers many enhanced features.
CRL Digital Delivery Program Surpasses Two Million Pages
October 15, 2009In October 2009, CRL surpassed two million pages digitized on request for scholars at member libraries.
World Newspaper Archive Update
October 5, 2009LAN approaches 900,000 pages; CRL begins production on African Newspapers.
CIFNAL Papers from AIFBD Conference Now Available
September 26, 2009Montreal, August 2008
Digitizing American Periodicals
September 17, 2009In June, 2009, ProQuest launched American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL), which ultimately will contain nearly three million pages of CRL journal content with full-color scans and searchable text.
CRL Invites Nominations for Primary Source Awards
September 17, 2009CRL initiated its new Primary Source Awards program in the fall of 2009. Primary Source Awards will recognize the contributions of research and teaching faculty, librarians and library staff, graduate students, and others within the CRL community for their creative use of primary source materials in three arenas: research, teaching, and access.
Upcoming MEMP Meeting November 19, 2009
September 12, 2009The next meeting of the Middle East Microform Project (MEMP) will be held during the MELA Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 19, 2009.
Upcoming SEEMP Meeting November 13, 2009
September 12, 2009The next meeting of SEEMP will be held Friday, November 13 at 3:00 - 4:45 pm in the Rhode Island Room in the Marriott Copley Place in Boston, MA. For more information, visit the SEEMP Web page.
CRL Human Rights blog
September 10, 2009CRL announces its Human Rights blog to promote findings of its investigation into the use of technology in human rights practices. The purpose of the blog is to circulate information about human rights documentation, digital technology, archiving strategies and related information. It can be found at http://crlgrn.wordpress.com/.