The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has announced the upcoming purchase of the following seven microfilm collections through the 2016 Purchase Proposal Program, with a list price value of $192,215. This program allows CRL member libraries to recommend research materials for acquisition and shared use.
CRL members nominated and voted for the following sets:
- Arts and Culture Newspapers and Serials from Egypt, 1915-1974
This is balloted as a continuing purchase that will be acquired over two years. Titles include:- Year 1
- Al-lataaef al-Musawara (1915-1937)
- Duniya al-fan (1947-1974)
- Year 2:
- Kul Shai (1925-1927)
- Majjalat al-risalah- Eidor- Ahmad Hasan al-Ziyyat (1933-1964)
- Year 1
- Church Missionary Society Archive, Section V: Missions to the Americas, Part 4: British Columbia, 1856-1925
- La Gaceta Mercantil De Buenos Aires, 1823-1852
- The Illustrated Weekly of India, 1940-July 1955
This is balloted as a continuing purchase that will be acquired over three years:- First year: 1940-44
- Second year: 1945-49
- Third year: 1950-July 1955
- El Nacional (Buenos Aires),1852-1899
- New York Post, 1970–1989
This is balloted as a continuing purchase that will be acquired over two years:- First year: 1970-1979
- Second year: 1980-1989
- Political and General Newspapers and Serials from Egypt, 1886-1940A
Titles include:
- Al-Balaagh, 1929
- Al Dunia Al Musawara,1929-1932
- Al-Jareeda, 1907-1915
- Al-Lataif al-Misriyyah, 1886-April 1888
- Al-Muayyed Al-usuboui, 1907-1909
- Kul shii wa-al-dunia, 1933-1937
These sets will soon be available through interlibrary loan from CRL.
More About CRL
CRL is a “library’s library,” collecting and preserving obscure and international materials for the use of scholars at member libraries. CRL holds more than 5 million items with particular emphasis on geographical regions:
and on difficult-to-find publication types
- foreign dissertations
- foreign journals and periodicals, with an emphasis on scientific and technical literature
- foreign and U.S. newspapers
- government documents, censuses, and official gazettes
Because the University Libraries have membership in CRL, University of Arkansas students, faculty, and staff may borrow these collections through the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan service. While some materials are loaned to the Libraries long-term, requests are increasingly filled by digitization on demand. You can search all CRL materials through their online catalog or browse their topic guides for inspiration.