Association of Research Libraries

Not to be confused with Association of College and Research Libraries.
Association of Research Libraries
FormationDecember 29, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois [1]
TypeNonprofit organization[2]
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Location
Membership
127
President
Trevor A. Dawes, University of Delaware
Key people
Andrew K. Pace (Executive Director)
Websitearl.org

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 127 research libraries at comprehensive, research institutions in Canada and the United States. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending $4 billion every year on information resources and actively engaging in the development of new models of scholarly communications.[3][4]

ARL co-founded an affiliate organization, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), in 1990.[5] CNI is a joint program of ARL and EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education through the use of information technology.[6] ARL is also a member of the Library Copyright Alliance, a consortium of major library associations that have joined forces to address copyright issues affecting libraries and their patrons.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference McGowan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Who We Are". Association of Research Libraries. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ Mian, Anam; Gross, Holly (2023). ARL Statistics 2022. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries. p. v. ISBN 978-1-948964-47-0. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ^ Cronenwett, Philip N., Kevin Osborn, and Samuel Allen Streit. 2007. Celebrating Research : Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries.
  5. ^ "History". Coalition for Networked Information. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  6. ^ "Mission and Organization". EDUCAUSE. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  7. ^ "About". Library Copyright Alliance. Retrieved 2018-06-11.