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FY05 Shared Purchase Program
March 7, 2005The Center for Research Libraries is pleased to announce the FY2005 Shared Purchase Program.
56th Annual Meeting of the Council of Voting Members
February 1, 2005The Center's Annual Meeting, April 14-15 in Chicago, included forums on building an e-CRL and rethinking the fee structure, as well as a facility tour.
Global Resources Winter Newsletter Available
January 21, 2005Global Resources Winter Newsletter Available
The Center's Membership Reaches 200 with the Addition of OSU
January 1, 2005Please join the Center’s board and staff in welcoming Oklahoma State University as a new Voting member, effective January 1, 2005. Oklahoma State University is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and includes auxiliary campuses in Oklahoma City and Okmulgee.
Lighting Upgrade Grant
December 21, 2004The Center has been awarded an Illinois Clean Energy grant of $56,400 to upgrade and modernize the Center’s lighting system on all four floors. The Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, a subsidiary of Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), invests in clean energy development and land preservation efforts to improve environmental quality in Illinois. The grant will enable the Center to upgrade 1,295 fixtures with energy-efficient lamps and install motion-activated on/off switching in the storage areas.
FY2005 Purchase Proposal Voting Completed
December 17, 2004FY2005 Purchase Proposal Voting Completed
Purchase Proposal Results
December 15, 2004The FY04 Purchase Proposal vote is complete.
FY2005 Purchase Proposal Ballot
November 9, 2004The Center for Research Libraries is pleased to share a detailed list of items on this year's Purchase Proposal Ballot. Voting members have until December 2, 2004 to return their ballot.
14 new members join the Center
October 27, 2004The Center is pleased to welcome as new members the following colleges and universities. Six of them belong to the MINITEX consortium and five belong to the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM). College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Global Resources Newsletter Debut Issue Available
October 11, 2004This debut issue of the Global Resources newsletter reflects the vision and commitment of a newly formed partnership composed of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). The newsletter features a preview of upcoming GRN activities and an update on each of the projects.
Streamlining the Catalog Search
September 21, 2004Finding primary resource materials for advanced research is now easy and fast with Catalog Search, the newly redesigned search feature on the Center’s Web site.
Center Web Site Now Print Friendly
August 24, 2004The Center Web site is now more printer friendly, due to a newly designed print style sheet. Simply select the desired page and choose PRINT from your browser window.
FY04 ILL Figures
August 24, 2004In 2004 the Center shipped 92% of interlibrary loans within 24 hrs and 90% of copies within 24 hrs.
Recent Center Acquisitions
July 8, 2004CRL's recent Middle East and Africana acquisitions.
ICON Survey Results
April 15, 2004Learn about the "Disappearing News" and the Center’s newspaper preservation survey.
Annual Council Meeting of Voting Members
March 4, 2004The 55th annual meeting of the Center’s Council of Voting Members will be held on Friday, April 23, 2004. The meeting will feature the session, Building Blocks of a National Print Preservation Network: A Strategic Forum.
DATAD Workshop
March 25, 2003DATAD announces workshop titled Intellectual Property, Governance, Dissemination, and Funding Strategies, February 19-20, 2004 in Accra, Ghana.
NEH Grant for ICON Preservation Effort
April 24, 2002The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) a grant of $350,000, for continued support of the International Coalition on Newspapers project (ICON).
Mellon Funds CRL Initiatives
April 24, 2002The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant of $510,000 to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to support strategic initiatives in cataloging, the development of distributed print archives, and cooperative collection development.
Bernard Reilly Appointed CRL President
July 20, 2001Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., has been appointed President of the Center for Research Libraries.