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| Frontera Collection Online Archive Launches on March 26, 2009 The CSRC, in collaboration with the University Library, Los Tigres del Norte Foundation, and the Arhoolie Foundation, hosted the public launch of the Frontera Collection Online Archive on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at the UCLA Morgan Center. Speakers at the press conference included CSRC Director Chon A. Noriega; UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, who offered opening remarks; the Grammy Award–winning group Los Tigres del Norte, whose Los Tigres del Norte Fund at CSRC made the project possible; and Chris Strachwitz, president of the Arhoolie Foundation, whose collection is the cornerstone of the digital archive. The Frontera Collection is the largest repository of Mexican and Mexican-American popular and vernacular recordings in existence. More than 41,000 recordings are available in the online archive, and many of these recordings are one of a kind. Digital preservation of the collection was initiated in October 2001 by the late Guillermo E. Hernandez, who was then the CSRC's director. The online archive is hosted by the UCLA Music Library in partnership with the UCLA Digital Library Program. Media coverage in English Media coverage in Spanish
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