CRL guarantees the long-term persistence and continued functionality of the news content for the CRL community. We will soon provide details of our plans for archiving the digital content created for the World Newspaper Archive. We aim to ensure not only persistent access, but CRL member control over the future costs and quality of that access.

CRL member libraries gain access to unique primary source materials in various formats—digital and analog—identified and selected by leading subject specialists at major North American research Since 1949 membership in the Center for Research Libraries has empowered academic and research libraries to advance collection building beyond the ...

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. Founded in 1949, CRL supports original research and inspired teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by preserving and making available to scholars a wealth of rare and uncommon primary source ...

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This article provides an overview of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), highlighting its origins, founding members, Ralph T. Esterquest became the Center’s first director in July 1949. General Center work room (1950) Packing deposits into Midwest Inter-Library Center boxes at the University of Minnesota Library

CRL and SAMP's coverage of Sri Lanka's newspapers includes such titles as: Ceylon daily news (Colombo) [1941-2001] Ceylon observer (Colombo) [1886-1922, 1941-1950, 1967-1980] Colombo overland Sri Lanka newspapers | CRL

CRL will lend any quantity of material in any format for extended periods to support the research of faculty and students at member libraries. CRL also offers extensive document delivery services. Non-member institutions have limited access to CRL collections. Learn more

CRL’s quarterly publication examining the challenges of preservation and access for primary source materials in various fields. Access to News in the Digital Era, Summer 2013 - CRL’s recent roundtable Beyond the Fold: Access to News in the Digital Age explored new scholarly uses of news databases, and the role of libraries in ensuring long ...

CRL collects broadly in the area of primary legal and government resources, with an emphasis on serial publications from central governments including legislative, administrative, financial, and statistical reports. CRL purchases government archives and records through CRL's cooperative collection building programs.

Anyone can contact CRL's Access Initiatives and Collections Care Department with a research question. We will help guide research and supply additional finding aids as needed. A Reference Consultation can help you identify material in our collection that is relevant to your research topic.