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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 from the University of Washington

Ilse Cirtautas, a retired professor specializing in Central Asian languages and retired professor, contributed her large collection of Central Asian materials to the University of Washington Libraries upon her death.  After sorting and de-duping, about 2750 newspaper issues remain that need preservation.  Most of the newspapers were published between 1968 and 2000, with greater concentrations in the 1970s and early 1990s.  The remaining issues do not duplicate the issues SEEMP microfilmed from the similar collection William Fierman donated to Indiana University, Bloomington.  Like Prof. Fierman, Prof. Cirtautas’ collection includes Uzbek and Kazakh...

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Nov 14, 2019 10:19am

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Global Press Archive Charter Collection 4 - Imperial Russian Newspapers

CRL–Global Press Archive Charter Alliance : Open Access Collection 4: Imperial Russian Newspapers

This collection has been approved by the GPA Advisory Committee under the CRL/East View GPA Charter Alliance, funded and supported by CRL members and participating non-member institutions. The proposed collection would cover no less than 500,000 pages of newspapers spanning the 18th, 19th and early-20th centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

CRL's Charter Alliance offer is described in eDesiderata at: https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/global-press-archive-charter-alliance

Additional information on the GPA available at:...

Source Format: 
Paper
Microfilm
From Digital
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
May 11, 2021 12:11pm

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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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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

Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Phase 2 - Ukrainian Local and Independent Newspapers

GPA CRL Alliance Phase 2 Collection: Ukrainian Local and Independent Newspapers 

This collection is endorsed by the GPA CRL Alliance Advisory Committee for Phase 2. It is funded and supported by CRL and member institutions. The size of the collection is roughly 800,000 to 1,100,000 pages published between (1989-2002).

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Oct 27, 2022 10:31am

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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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