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Learn about the GRN's accomplishments in supporting international studies and addressing collection development issues. Explore their various projects and initiatives aimed at providing access to international content and tools for participants. Join the GRN Forum to discuss current practices and challenges in human rights archives, news preservation, and access.
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Global Resources 2007-2008 CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum Global Resources 2007-08 • GRN supports the following CRL strategic goals: • Supporting international studies. • Addressing collection development issues.
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Accomplishments • Supporting GRN projects • Growing the Network (new projects, new members) • Providing access to international content • Tools and services for participants • GRN Forums
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Projects: CIFNAL • Official status - June 2007 • Consortial license for le Grand Robert database. • Ongoing support of Bibliotheque bleue encoding.
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Projects: DSAL • Continuing TICFIA activity: • South Asia Union Catalogue • Linguistic Survey of India
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Projects: GNARP • Licensing Activities • DigiZeitschriften, BDSL, and xipolis • Bibliography of Linguistic Literature • World Biographical Information System • Librarian exchange discussion
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Projects: LARRP • Licensing • Latin American Newsstand (ProQuest) • Latin American Public Opinion Project • Latinobarometro • LAOAP
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum Strategic Digitization • Supporting informed selection of vital resources: • German Resources • South Asia • Southeast Asian Reference Sources
Illustrirte Zeitung Leipzig, Germany : J.J. Weber, [1843-1944] From CRL collections
Talāsh-i ḥaqq : Mahātmā Gāndhī kī āpbītī From CRL collections
The Indian war of independence / Vinayak Damodar Savarkar From CRL collections
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Forum • Human Rights Archives & Documentation • Identify current practices, present & future challenges to acquisition of HRD. • Develop a plan of action to address these issues on a cooperative basis.
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum GRN Forum • News Preservation & Access • October 23-24, 2008 • New York Public Library • Collection, Access issues • Producers • Users
CRL 2008 Council Meeting and Forum Thank You James Simon simon@crl.edu