Rock, Kenneth W., authorBishop, Janet, authorRegis University, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032010Collaborative Librarianship 2, no. 3 (2010): 113-134http://hdl.handle.net/10217/38996This article describes the authors interactions with Russian archivists, librarians, and historians during a 2008 delegation visit to Saratov Province, the state of archival holdings and special collections in the Saratov area, and preliminary discussions regarding proposed collaborative digitization and academic research projects. A reciprocal visit by Russian and Ukrainian colleagues the following year to participate in the Inaugural Conference on German-Russian Studies is also detailed. The authors, both members of the Joint Academic Board for the International Center for German-Russian Studies at Colorado State University, discuss outreach strategies and lessons learned regarding a wide-ranging collaborative international project with information professionals and academics in a region previously closed to the West.born digitalarticlesengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Copyright of original work is retained by the authors.German-RussiansColorado State UniversityarchivesRussian archivesSaratov ProvinceRussiacollaborative digitizationinternational projectsinternational exchangehistorycommunity outreachTextThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).