How to make CRRA metadata available via the FTP “dropbox”
When CRRA members are not able or do not want to make their metadata available their own website, we hear at Catholic Portal Central will create one for them. To begin the process, a CRRA member simply...
View ArticleCRRA Wins Catholic Communications Campaign Grant to Digitize Catholic News...
The Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA) has won a $49,764 Catholic Communications Campaign grant from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for Preservation and Online...
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Limit to full text in VuFind
This posting outlines how a “limit to full text” functionality was implemented in the “Catholic Portal’s” version of VuFind. While there are many dimensions of the Catholic Portal, one of its primary...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2016
CRRA Update Spring 2016 (December, January, February) Please see the PDF for the more visually rich version. Feature Article: The Oliver Leonard Kapsner, O.S.B. Cataloging Bulletin: A Resource for...
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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...
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2016
CRRA Update Winter 2016 (December, January, February) Please see the PDF for the more visually rich version. Feature Article: Interview with Michael Skaggs From the Board Committee Briefs Liaisons...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
View ArticleCRRA Update Fall 2015
CRRA Update Fall 2015 (September, October, November) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version Feature Article: Interview with Jim McCartin From the Board Committee Briefs Liaisons...
View ArticleInterview 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...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2015
CRRA Update Spring 2015 (March, April, May) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: CRRA Symposium and Annual Meeting, June 1-2 at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago From...
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2015
CRRA Update Winter 2015 (December, January, February) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: Welcome, CRRA Update Associate Editor, Rose Fortier Committee Briefs CRRA...
View ArticleCRRA Update Fall 2014
CRRA Update Fall 2014 (October, November, December) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Creating a Community Infrastructure for Digital Catholic...
View ArticleCRRA Update Summer 2014
CRRA Update Summer 2014 (July, August, September) please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Our Shared Mission, by Diane Parr Walker From the Membership...
View ArticleCRRA Update Spring 2014
CRRA Update Spring 2014 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version In this issue: From the Board: Getting Ready for 2014-15, by Tyrone Cannon Accomplishments and Priorities for 2014-15, by...
View ArticleCRRA Update Winter 2014
CRRA Update Winter 2014 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version SAVE THE DATE CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee. Details are posted to...
View ArticleCRRA Update Sept/Oct/Nov 2013
CRRA Update September, October, November, 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version SAVE THE DATE CRRA All Member Annual Meeting at Marquette University on May 7-8, 2014, in Milwaukee....
View ArticleCRRA Update July/August 2013
CRRA Update July/August 2013 please see the PDF for the more visually rich version From the Board, by Tyrone Cannon, Chair. Welcome to the new year … Committee briefs. We are fortunate to have the...
View ArticleA historical treasure trove: Social justice tradition runs through Catholic...
by Michael Sean Winters | Nov. 10, 2015, National Catholic Reporter Catholic schools face many challenges. In recent decades, the steady supply of free labor from religious men and women has dried...
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