12022-04-07T13:50:47+00:00Center for Research Libraries (CRL)1plain2022-04-07T13:50:47+00:002017 The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. Founded in 1949, CRL supports original research and inspired teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences by preserving and making available to scholars a wealth of rare and uncommon primary source materials from all world regions.