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Catholic Pamphlets and the Catholic Portal: An evolution in librarianship

This blog posting outlines, describes, and demonstrates how a set of Catholic pamphlets were digitized, indexed, and made accessible through the Catholic Portal. In the end it advocates an evolution in librarianship.cover page

A few years ago, a fledgling Catholic pamphlets digitization process was embarked upon. [1] In summary, a number of different library departments were brought together, a workflow was discussed, timelines were constructed, and in the end approximately one third of the collection was digitized. The MARC records pointing to the physical manifestations of the pamphlets were enhanced with URLs pointing to their digital surrogates and made accessible through the library catalog. [2] These records were also denoted as being destined for the Catholic Portal by adding a value of CRRA to a local note. Consequently, each of the Catholic Pamphlet records also made their way to the Portal. [3]

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The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project

Kyle Roberts, Loyola University Chicago

The Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project (JLPP) was launched in March 2014 to create a visual archive of provenance marks from historic Jesuit college, seminary, and university library collections and to foster a participatory community interested in the history of these books.

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CRRA Update Winter 2016

CRRA Update Winter 2016
(December, January, February)
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Feature Article: Interview with Michael Skaggs
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Interview with Michael Skaggs

Michael Skaggs is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame. He studies religion in the American Midwest, and is particularly interested in how interfaith organizations addressed social problems.

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OAI and VuFind: Notes to self in the form of a recipe

The primary purpose of this posting is to document some of my experiences with OAI and VuFind. Specifically it outlines a sort of "recipe" I use to import OAI content into the "Catholic Portal". The recipe includes a set of "ingredients", site-specific commands. Towards the end, I ruminate on the use of OAI and Dublin Core for the sharing of metadata.

Philadelphia by Eric Morgan

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CRRA Update Fall 2015

CRRA Update
Fall 2015
(September, October, November)
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Feature Article: Interview with Jim McCartin


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Interview with Jim McCartin, Fordham University

Jim McCartin, Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, joins us for a discussion of his research and the role CRRA has played in shaping and abetting his scholarly work. His book, Prayers of the Faithful: The Shifting Spiritual Life of American Catholics, came out in 2010 and explores prayer in the lives of American Catholics from the 1860s to the 1980s. His current project is the book: American Catholics and Sex from the 1830s to the 1980s.

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CRRA Update Winter 2015

CRRA Update
Winter 2015
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CRRA Update Summer 2015

CRRA Update
Summer 2015
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CRRA Update Spring 2015

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Spring 2015
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CRRA Update Fall 2014

CRRA Update
Fall 2014
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CRRA Update Summer 2014

CRRA Update
Summer 2014
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CRRA Update Spring 2014

CRRA Update
Spring 2014
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CRRA Update Winter 2014

CRRA Update
Winter 2014
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SAVE THE DATE
CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee
. Details are posted to the CRRA News and Events page.


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CRRA Update Sept/Oct/Nov 2013

CRRA Update
September, October, November, 2013
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CRRA Update July/August 2013

CRRA Update
July/August 2013
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A historical treasure trove: Social justice tradition runs through Catholic archives

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Catholic schools face many challenges. In recent decades, the steady supply of free labor from religious men and women has dried up. Demographic changes resulted in most inner-city Catholic schools serving poor, non-Catholic populations. Stagnant wages put the cost of a Catholic school education out of reach for most middle-class Catholic families. And the rising cost of education at all levels, from kindergarten through college, has affected profoundly the crowning glory of U.S. Catholicism, our vibrant educational system.

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DPLA Announces Knight Foundation Grant to Research Potential Integration of Newspaper Content

Posted by DPLA on November 9, 2015 in DPLA Updates, News & Blog, Projects and tagged announcements, newspapers.

The Digital Public Library of America has been awarded $150,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to research the potential integration of newspaper content into the DPLA platform.

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CRRA Update May June 2013

 CRRA Update
May/June 2013
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CRRA Annual Meeting in Chicago, events July 1-2, 2013

CRRA's Annual All Members Meeting will take place Tuesday, July 2 during ALA Chicago. There are several opportunities to get together with you, our CRRA friends and colleagues.  Please review the events below (in order by date) and RSVP to Felice Maciejewski  at   [email protected].

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We hope to see you in Chicago!

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