Dominique Coulombe, Senior Scholarly Resources Librarian, has been tapped to chair the steering committee for the Collaborative Initiative for French and North American Libraries (CIFNAL). CIFNAL promotes and facilitates the cooperative exchange of ideas and resources between French and North American libraries through a working group formed under the aegis of the Global Resources Network of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). Though still in its nascent stages, the initiative is working to improve access to French and French language resources and encouraging partnerships and inter-library loan opportunities between complementary collections. Coulombe will work with a governing body of six other librarians to institute these programs and strengthen a spirit of cooperation between research institutions.

“It is exciting to see the francophone academic and research community join the ranks of the international initiatives supported by the Global Resources Network (GRN),” Coulombe said. “I am looking forward to developing projects and collaborating with French and North American libraries to expand and enhance access to francophone scholarly resources.”

For more information visit: http://www.crl.edu/grn/cifnal/index.asp