Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Category: Partnership Showcase
- Published: June 08 2012
The Thurgood Marshall Law Library (TMLL) at the University of Maryland, School of Law
Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
- Category: Partnership Showcase
- Published: June 08 2012
The Thurgood Marshall Law Library (TMLL) at the University of Maryland, School of Law has been hard at work since 2001 creating a digital repository of publications from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The project, which began as part of an effort to enhance the Library’s collection of civil rights material, has been a partnership with the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for almost six years.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, established in 1957, is tasked with examining allegations of discrimination based on race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, and disability. As a fact-finding agency, the Commission publishes studies, reports, and state advisory committee findings on a wide range of civil rights related issues.
TMLL scanned and converted to PDF many Commission publications distributed to depository libraries in paper and microfiche as well as other titles in the library’s collection. With the consent of the Commission, TMLL has also been harvesting electronic publications from the Commission’s Web s