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Proposals A-Z

Participating librarians and scholars provide information here about collections, archives and data sets of interest to area and international studies (AIS) research, propose preservation of those collections and the creation of new digital resources from data sets, and vote on the merits of those proposals. Community input provided here informs and guides the building of new AIS resources.

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Central Asian Newspapers, Part IV

William Fierman, professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, amassed a large collection of newspapers and periodicals from the Central Asian States of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan during the course of his career. He is willing to donate the runs of titles for preservation and academic use.

This collection contains more than 60 newspaper titles from Kazakhstan, 35 from Uzbekistan, and additional titles from Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Apr 24, 2019 10:16am

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Delʹfis: nezavisimyĭ rerikhovskiĭ zhurnal / Del'fis: Kul’turno Prosvetitel’nyi Zhurnal

This project would microfilm UC Berkeley Library’s holdings for 2015-2019 issues of Delʹfis : nezavisimyĭ rerikhovskiĭ zhurnal. Del’fis is a Russian language quarterly that is held by UC Berkeley Library (https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/17oqkkj/alma991038405579706532).

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
May 8, 2023 4:21pm

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Goniec Polski

This project would digitize CRL's holdings of Goniec Polski, a Polish language newspaper published in South Bend, Indiana for the years 1896-1925.

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jun 18, 2021 10:30am

M

Memorial / Мемориал

CRL/SEEMP has approved a charitable contribution (as defined by article 582 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) for the maintenance of Regional Civic Institute Research and Information Center Memorial.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Nov 29, 2022 1:47pm

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Novyi Mir

This project would digitize CRL’s holdings of Novyĭ mir ezhenedi︠e︡lʹnai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ gazeta for the years:

In print – Sept 1913-1914; Sept 1917-June 1918

In microfilm – Jan-Nov 1917; Jan-Jun 1918; Jan-Jul 1919

Source Format: 
Paper
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jun 18, 2021 10:30am

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South Slavic Publications

Periodicals published in Bosnia and Hercegovina in the 25 years during and following hostilities in the countries once comprising Yugoslavia (1991-2016). Formats vary in size, frequency, place of publication and language and script of text. Included are approximately 55 titles, for the most part in Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian. It includes 5,340 issues, and an estimated total of 253,670 pages (126,835 exposures). The subject of this collection is politics, economics, social issues and culture of the affected population in regions of former Yugoslavia. Coverage is primarily about and/or published in BiH. The languages are SCB and English.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Mar 10, 2023 3:02pm

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Ujedinjeno srpstvo = United Serbians

This project would digitize CRL’s holdings for Ujedinjeno srpstvo = United Serbians for the years 1917 – 1922 and make them openly accessible on CRL's platform. It was a Serbian language periodical that was published in Chicago, Illinois from 1906-1948, but only the holdings from 1917-1922 are available at this time for digitization.

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jun 18, 2021 10:30am

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Vokrug Svieta digital archive (1861-2021)

Vokrug svi︠e︡ta /Vokrug Sveta is a Russian geography journal that began publishing in 1861. It is one of the longest-running Russian journals that was published initially from December of 1861 through 1917. It was not published from 1869-1884, 1918-1926, and during the years of WWII. This proposal envisions digitization of a complete run of the journal, as confirmed by Mike Peters of East View.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
May 19, 2021 12:54pm

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Ազդակ.; Azdak

This proposal is for microfilming of Azdak from 1 January 2018 through 31st December 2019 (a total of approximate 626 issues). Not issued on Sundays.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
May 8, 2023 4:22pm


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