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CRRA Update February 2012

CRRA UPDATE February 2012

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CRRA Update January 2012

CRRA UPDATE January 2012

Happy New Year! We wish you a most blessed, peaceful, healthy, and prosperous 2012. This month’s update includes:

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CRRA Update Nov/Dec 2011

CRRA Update
November/December 2011

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CRRA Update Sept/Oct 2011

CRRA Update
September/October 2011

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CRRA July/August 2011 Update

The July/August 2011 CRRA Update is now available at: http://bit.ly/crra_JulyAug2011.

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April 2011 Update

The CRRA April 2011 Update is now available at: http://bit.ly/Update_April2011.

Highlights in this issue include:

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February 2011 Update

Please mark your calendars for the

March 30 All-Members Meeting and

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CRRA Update January 2011

CRRA Update
JANUARY 2011

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CRRA Update November 2010

CRRA Update NOVEMBER 2010

  • Welcome to the University of Dayton and to DePaul University, the Alliance's Newest members!  Watch for more information about Dayton and DePaul in the December Update.
  • Committee News:
    (1) The Collections Committee reaffirmed the collecting focus and provided a suggested rubric for “rare, uncommon.”
    (2) The Digital Access Committee (DAC) is working on a number of issues related to portal development. Please see more committee news below.
  • Mark your calendars! CRRA in San Diego (January, 2011), CRRA/Notre Dame Forum on Digital Humanities (February, 2011), CRRA in Philadelphia (March 2011). Details below.



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CRRA Update October 2010

CRRA Update OCTOBER 2010

  • CRRA Welcomes Dominican University and University of San Francisco
  • Spotlight on Portal Development: Progress on EAD; VuFind Announces 2.0 Roadmap
  • CRRA January 6, 2011 in San Diego – Make your plans to join us!
  • Call for Proposals: IMLS National Leadership Grants

New Member Highlights

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CRRA Update September 2010

CRRA Update
SEPTEMBER 2010

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Preparing EAD files for indexing

This posting outlines how I plan to prepare EAD files for indexing with Solr, the underlying indexing technology of VUFind.

The problem

I am aggregating sets of EAD files from Catholic Research Resource Alliance members. I am expected to index these files at the most granular level possible -- meaning at the did level. In order to satisfy both human and computer requirements, each indexed record needs at least a unique identifier, a human-readable descriptor, and a location code. The unique identifier can be gotten from the unitid element. The human-readable descriptor can come from the unittitle. The location code can be inferred from the url attribute of the eadid element.

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CRRA Update August 2010

CRRA Update AUGUST 2010

We are pleased to announce that St. Joseph’s University’s (Philadelphia) Francis A. Drexel Library, under the leadership of Evelyn Minick, is the newest and twelfth member of the CRRA. St. Joseph’s brings a host of resources to the CRRA, including the Jesuitica Collection.

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CRRA Update July 2010

CRRA Update JULY 2010

  • Highlights from the June 29, 2010 CRRA All-Members Meeting at Georgetown
  • Next steps
  • Member News
  • Might be of interest ...
  • Mark your calendars ... For two upcoming CRRA Gatherings January 6, 2011 (San Diego) and March 29, 2011 (Philadelphia)

Highlights from the June 29, 2010 CRRA All-Members Meeting at Georgetown

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CRRA Update June 2010 - Highlight June All-Members Meeting

CRRA Update JUNE 2010

Welcome to a Special Edition of the CRRA Monthly Update, highlighting the June All-Members meeting

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CRRA Update May 2010

CRRA Update MAY 2010

Please mark your calendars! CRRA ALL MEMBERS MEETING Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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CRRA Update February 2010

CRRA Update FEBRUARY 2010

CRRA ALL MEMBERS MEETING June 29, 2010

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CRRA Update January 2010

CRRA Update January 2010 

CRRA Digital Access and Collections committee members, under the leadership of Tom Leonhardt and Bob O’Neill, met to draft recommendations for the Board regarding member expectations for metadata in the Catholic portal. The Board extends their sincere congratulations and thanks to all committee members for a job well done! The Board will use these recommendations to develop a policy for current and future CRRA member institutions to ensure that portal metadata is dynamic and growing.

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CRRA December 2009 Update

Following is the CRRA update of activities during the month of December, 2009.  This update includes news about:

  • CLIR grant announcements
  • Focus group data analysis
  • The CRRA website
  • Kim Kelley
  • Steve Connaghan
  • Upcoming events

Enjoy and Happy New Year!

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CRRA Update November 2009

Following is the CRRA Update for November, 2009.  This update includes:

-    CRRA member news

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