Center For Research Libraries Research Articles

Serials Analysis Directions: The importance of Standard Numbers in Collaborative Collection Development for Serials

The Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) partners contracted the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to do a volume level analysis of their combined print serial collections. This paper focuses on the decision to use the OCLC number as the primary match point and the starting point for the collection analysis, challenges encountered due to inconsistent OCLC number use across collections, the way those challenges informed the overall project, and the method CRL created to find OCLC numbers for records without them. Final results of the volume-level analysis, ongoing work to integrate Harvard’s serials into the analysis, and the effects of ReCAP partners’ collaborative collection development initiatives are included.

A Letter from the American Historical Association to California’s Placentia–Yorba Linda Unified School District

Research Article| May 01 2023 A Letter from the American Historical Association to California’s Placentia–Yorba Linda Unified School District James R. Grossman James R. Grossman JAMES R. GROSSMAN is executive director of the American Historical Association. Formerly vice-president for research and education at the Newberry Library, he has taught at the University of Chicago and the University of California, San Diego. The author of Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration and A Chance to Make Good: African-Americans, 1900–1929, Grossman was project director and coeditor of the print and digital Encyclopedia of Chicago. He is editor emeritus of the University of Chicago Press book series “Historical Studies of Urban America,” which he abandoned to his colleagues after fifty volumes. Articles and short essays have focused on urban history, African American history, ethnicity, higher education, and the place of history in public culture. Short pieces have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, New York Daily News, North Shore Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Hill, and elsewhere. Grossman’s consulting experience includes history-related projects generated by BBC, Smithsonian, various “Teaching American History” programs, and a wide range of theater companies, films, museums, libraries, and foundations. He has served on governing boards of the American Council of Learned Societies, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Center for Research Libraries, National Humanities Alliance, Vivian G. Harsh Society, and Chicago Metro History Education Center. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California History (2023) 100 (2): 78–81. https://doi.org/10.1525/ch.2023.100.2.78 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation James R. Grossman; A Letter from the American Historical Association to California’s Placentia–Yorba Linda Unified School District. California History 1 May 2023; 100 (2): 78–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/ch.2023.100.2.78 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCalifornia History Search In January 2022, the American Historical Association (AHA) sent a letter to the leadership of the Placentia–Yorba Linda Unified School District (California) opposing a proposed Resolution No. 21–12, “Resolution Opposing the Teaching of Critical Race Theory” (see the proposed resolution at https://4.files.edl.io/e3c9/11/22/21/155531-39d91aa4-c235-4949-a1f4-153f76aa17e8.pdf). We were alerted to this agenda item by a resident concerned about censorship and the quality of history education. We immediately noticed that its text resembled bills being introduced in many state legislatures; the AHA had already begun writing letters to members of those legislatures (for the AHA’s list of letters, organized by state—at this writing, eighteen states—see https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/teaching-history-with-integrity/freedom-to-learn). In this particular letter the AHA noted that “the proposal singled out one set of ideas—critical race theory—as a subject that cannot be taught in Placentia–Yorba Linda schools. The letter includes a link to a statement criticizing similar legislative efforts to restrict education about racism in American... You do not currently have access to this content.

Guides, Collections and Ancillary Materials to African Archival Resources in the United States

This is a list of published guides to the archives of Africa, especially those in microform and including inventories, records, catalogs, lists both finding- and special-, indexes, annual reports (and for South Africa, also archivalia and trials), arranged by regions, primary international language, and countries, excluding only Egypt, with titles in English, French, and Portuguese, but not those solely in Arabic. No titles were found for Spanish-speaking Africa. Collections of Africana on microfilm are identified as they provide better access to original materials not otherwise available. In addition, considerable time and funds have been spent by non-profit organizations such as the Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP) in identifying archives and manuscripts to be filmed, targeting the funds to film them, and then having the microfilm available to scholars world-wide. The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) online catalog which contains CAMP's nearly 10,000 titles is a major source for African archival materials.

Preserving America’s Print Resources – Progress, Challenges, and Necessary Measures in North America

AbstractThe author describes the rise of shared print and print archiving programs in the U. S. and Canada and the causes of that development. He appraises the progress of the archiving programs to date, and identifies persistent challenges, such as unreliable data and limited archiving commitments. The author then illustrates new measures being taken by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and others to address those challenges, including a ten-year CRL Shared Print Collections Agenda.

Serials Data in the Data Age: Project CERES Data for Digitization and Print Preservation

The report summarizes a presentation given at the 2015 NASIG conference. It outlines metadata used by Project CERES, a print preservation and digitization project supported by a partnership between the United States Agriculture Information Network and the Center for Research Libraries. It also outlines metadata guidelines used to disclose print holdings committed for preservation and provides tips on creating efficiencies in gathering the detailed issue level data and providing quality assurance for digitization. Gathering detailed metadata to support the preservation of print is an investment in the preservation of essential scholarly resources. Project CERES can be used as a model for other programs coupling preservation and digitization.

Re-Envisioning Distributed Collections in German Research Libraries – A View from the U.S.A.

German research libraries are undergoing a major shift as the distributed system of “Special Subject Collections” (Sondersammelgebiete) supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) transitions to a new, restructured program of “Specialized Information Services for Research” (Fachinformationsdienste fur die Wissenschaft). Many of the structural issues underlying the programmatic changes in German libraries are also at work in U.S. research libraries. This article reflects on the parallels and differences in approaches to cooperative collection development in U.S. and German research libraries and reports on an ongoing discussion between the DFG and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), a library consortium based in Chicago that supports international collections in libraries in and outside the U.S.

The future of cooperative collections and repositories

PurposeThe history of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) during the last decade is one of adaptation and innovation, driven by the need to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. CRL is a cooperative collection development enterprise, created in the age of print. Today we are confronting entirely new paradigms of information exchange and access brought about by digital media and the internet. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the past decade has been a time of re‐engineering CRL services, re‐orienting operations, and forming partnerships to put vital new capabilities at the disposal of academic and independent research libraries in the CRL community. In short, it is a narrative of how one organization recast its role from a centralized repository to a collection development and preservation community.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of a study of the changing roles of collection‐building consortia based on the ten‐year recent history of CRL.FindingsTo ensure the survival of primary source collections, consortia must pursue a strategy that seems counter‐intuitive in today's “just in time” world: a strategy not based solely on current interest and demand. Collection‐building efforts like CRL must act on behalf of future generations of researchers and stakeholders, or abdicate their responsibility as stewards of knowledge.Originality/valueThe paper gives a perspective on the appropriate roles of library consortia and repositories in the current research libraries sector, vis‐à‐vis preservation, collection development.

Supporting Capacity Building for Archives in Africa: initiatives of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) since 1995

In May 1963, discussions between the African Studies Association (U.S.), the Midwest Interlibrary Center (now Center for Research Libraries), and Africana librarians from twelve North American institutions helped create the Cooperative Africana Microform Project (CAMP). Owing to the rise in digital information and preservation formats, CAMP renamed itself the Cooperative Africana Materials Project in 2010. Its mission has been to collect and preserve African newspapers, serials, and ephemera not typically held at U.S. institutions. As its original name suggests, microfilming continues to be an important method of preserving CAMP holdings. While building the collection involved some direct purchases of microfilm from Africa and Europe, the role of collaboration among U.S. and later African institutions enhanced collections and expanded the scope of CAMP's work. The history of these initiatives prior to 1995 has been documented by several CAMP members.

Global Resources: How a Cooperative Collection Development Enterprise Keeps Pace with a Rapidly Changing World

ABSTRACT In the past ten years the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has developed new ways to support cooperative development of critical research collections. CRL has expanded its role as a centralized aggregator of tangible collections to facilitate collection development, digitization, and licensing of collections by individual libraries and interest groups. This has required CRL to adopt new funding models, from partnerships and coalitions with key organizations, and use technology to support community engagement. Funding essential to this transition was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the IMLS.

Towards a Holistic Approach to Policy Interoperability in Digital Libraries and Digital Repositories

Underpinning every digital library and digital repository there is a policy framework, which makes the digital library viable - without a policy framework a digital library is little more than a container for content. Policy governs how a digital library is instantiated and run. It is therefore a meta-domain which is situated both outside the digital library and any technologies used to deliver it, and within the digital library itself. Policy is also a key aspect of digital library and digital repository interoperability in a common and integrated information space. Policy interoperability - that is the exchange and reuse of policies - is a step beyond policy standardisation. Furthermore, effective and efficient policy frameworks are also one of the Digital Curation Center (DCC), DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), nestor and Center for Research Libraries (CRL) core criteria for digital repositories. In this article, we share our research on policy interoperability levels and the experimental survey on policy interoperability conducted with real-life digital libraries, as a contribution towards the definition of a Policy Interoperability Framework.

Shared Digital Access and Preservation Strategies for Serials at the Center for Research Libraries

The Center for Research Libraries and its members have engaged in several strategic programs in recent years to provide persistent access to electronic versions of its historical collections, particularly serials. One of these programs is the World Newspaper Archive, a partnership of CRL member institutions and Readex, a division of NewsBank. Through the World Newspaper Archive program, CRL provides its members robust access to historical newspaper content, federates the costs of this large-scale undertaking, and provides for community control over content, archiving provisions, and future collections.

American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries

American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries

A Nation-Wide Planning Framework for Large-Scale Collaboration on Legacy Print Monograph Collections

Libraries are working toward collaborative management and preservation of print journals, newspapers, legal materials, and government documents; they must also establish a similar concerted effort focused on print monographs. Monographs present complex challenges at a time when libraries want to ensure the preservation of the print record but have increasing incentives to divest of older, less used print materials and take advantage of the affordances of electronic text. With LYRASIS as lead organization, planning partners California Digital Library (CDL), Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), and Center for Research Libraries (CRL)were awarded a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to conduct a workshop titled “Developing a North-American Strategy to Preserve & Manage Print Collections of Monographs.” Workshop participants discussed the challenges and issues involved in collaborative monograph preservation and formulated an agenda of research and demonstration projects to test elements of a strategy.

Wiarygodnosc archiwów cyfrowych

W artykule dokonano przeglądu definicji pojęcia archiwum cyfrowe oraz przedstawiono typologię funkcjonujących archiwów cyfrowych. Zwrócono uwagę na odmienność archiwów instytucji pamięci i archiwów sektora biznesu bądź administracji. Szczegółowo omówiono problematykę oceny wiarygodności archiwów cyfrowych i wymieniono cechy identyfikacyjne, zapewniające im status serwisów wiarygodnych. Artykuł ma charakter dokumentacji dotychczasowych ustaleń w zakresie procesów organizacji, funkcjonowania, audytu i certyfikacji wiarygodnych archiwów cyfrowych. Ustalenia te są efektem międzynarodowej współpracy takich organizacji i instytucji, jak: DCC — Digital Curation Centre, OCLC - Online Computer Library Center, RLG - Research Library Group, NARA - National Archives and Records Administration, NESTOR - Network of Expertise in Long-term Storage of Digital Resources oraz CRL - U.S. Center for Research Libraries. Są one dostępne w dwóch wersjach językowych; angielskiej: Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification. Criteria and Checklist (TRAC), oraz niemieckiej: Kri- terienkatalog vertrauenswiirdige digitale Langzeitarchive.

The Global Resources Program

The AAU/ARL Global Resources Program (GRP) was launched in 1997 with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve access to international research resources through cooperative structures and new technologies and to help libraries contain costs. A joint initiative of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the GRP in the past decade has motivated many individuals and institutions to collaborate in the development of new models of access to print and digital materials from around the world. In 2003, the GRP (now the Global Resources Network) moved to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).

World Newspaper Archive

The World Newspaper Archive is an ongoing collaborative digital project of the Center for Research Libraries and its partner institutions to preserve historical newspapers and news‐related materials from around the globe and provide persistent electronic access to them. The first release, begun in December 2008, involves newspapers from Latin America. With the cooperation of member institutions, the WNA is expected to grow to include Eastern European newspapers as well. The author encourages librarians to contact him with information on complementary collections of material as well as interest in collaboration.

Regional and National Cooperation on Legacy Print Collections

This reports on a meeting convened by the Center for Research Libraries on July 10, 2009, in Chicago for representatives of more than a dozen library consortia and other organizations with an interest in shaping a national approach to long-term preservation of and access to print collections.

Modem Greek Resources Project Meeting The Gennadius Library, Athens December 7–10, 2006

ABSTRACT The article describes a meeting held in Athens, Greece, December 7–10, 2006, to set up a formal Modern Greek Resources Project with participation by Greek, British, and American libraries, under the auspices of the Center for Research Libraries. The article summarizes presentations made by Greek, British, and American participants in the areas of bibliographic control, periodical indexing, reformatting, digitization, collection development, and resource sharing.

Imperial Gazetteer of India

Imperial Gazetteer of India

Cooperative Digital Initiatives: A Prescription for Success

ABSTRACT The author discusses the Center for Research Libraries' role in fostering collaborative projects, reports on new developments in digital initiatives and services, and points to models of cooperative projects for consideration by the Slavic information resource community.