Center for Research Libraries

📢 CRL + Coherent Digital Partnership

Read about the Center for Research Libraries collaborative effort with Coherent Digital, which has resulted in over 40 institutions acquiring digital collections from Coherent Digital and realizing significant savings!

👉 tinyurl.com/4xsb6pc9

📢 The Center for Research Libraries is launching a cooperative cataloging initiative!

We're calling for participants willing to share information about their institutions' cataloging needs/priorities, and their existing cataloger capacity & areas of expertise.

⏰ The data collection form will be open through June 15 at forms.office.com/r/3T5ejbU8en

👉 For further details, visit tinyurl.com/bddj65ve

The Center for Research Libraries was honored to welcome Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), as its 2025 Annual Meeting keynote speaker, whose presentation, "Sustaining Access to Knowledge in a Challenging Political Landscape," centered on the urgent need for resilience and strategic action in the face of political and institutional turmoil and the immense challenges facing libraries, higher education, and the research community.

Jacob Nadal closed out the meeting — his first at the CRL helm since joining the Center in November 2024 — with a Presidential Address that touched on themes including viewing CRL as a joint venture with its members, the importance of preservation and cultural stewardship, CRL's values and strategic direction, and empowerment through members' collective strength.

👉 You can watch both presentations over on CRL's YouTube channel here:

https://tinyurl.com/4thpusht

We'll continue to post video content from the meeting in the coming weeks – stay tuned for more!

📢 Reminder: Two weeks to go before the deadline (January 31, 2025) to submit nominations for the Center for Research Libraries Board of Directors!

See info below 👇

📢 Call for Service: The Center for Research Libraries seeks nominations to the Board of Directors for a three-year term (2025–28)

⏰ Nomination deadline: 11:59pm CT, Jan 31, 2025

👉 For further details, access the nomination submission form at crl.edu/crl-call-service-board-directors-nominations

📢 The Center for Research Libraries has a new Mission & Vision statement!

👉 For further details, visit crl.edu/news/crl-mission-vision-statement

Wishing all a very happy 2025!

📢 Call for Service: The Center for Research Libraries seeks nominations to the Board of Directors for a three-year term (2025–28)

⏰ Nomination deadline: 11:59pm CT, Jan 31, 2025

👉 For further details, access the nomination submission form at crl.edu/crl-call-service-board-directors-nominations

📢 CRL Webinar: "Curation as Misinformation"
with Prof. Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine)

⏰ Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 12-1pm CDT

👉 For more info and to register, visit crl.edu/events/crl-webinar-curation-misinformation-prof-cailin-oconnor-uc-irvine

The Center for Research Libraries is excited to announce its new president Jacob Nadal!

Jake will be taking the helm at CRL effective November 18, 2024.

👉 More info at https://crl.edu/news/crl-welcomes-new-president-jacob-nadal