The Center for Research Libraries acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives, and other traditional and digital resources from a global network of sources. Most of the materials acquired are from outside the United States, and many are from the emerging regions of the world.
African Studies - CRLCollecting for African Studies has advanced considerably since the development of the scholarly field in the 1950s. Many established vendors now supply books, serials, and newspapers published in Africa (or relating to Africa from other countries). The African Books Collective(link is external) represents more than 120 independent African publishers from 21 countries, distributing African-published works to North America and worldwide. The Library of Congress field offices based in Nairobi and Cairo cover more than 35 African countries through the LC’s cooperative acquisition programs.