Association of Research Libraries
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| Formation | December 29, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois |
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| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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Membership
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125 |
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President
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs - Ohio State University |
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Key people
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Elliott Shore, Executive Director |
| Website | www.arl.org |
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of the leading research libraries in the US and Canada. As of February 2012, ARL comprises 125 libraries at comprehensive, research-intensive institutions that share similar missions, aspirations, and achievements. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending more than $1.4 billion every year on library materials.
ARL is currently partnered with the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), EDUCAUSE, Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), National Humanities Alliance (NHA), the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and SPARC Europe.
Enduring beliefs that bring together Association members in common cause are:
The mission of the Association is to shape and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations.
The Association of Research Libraries held its first meeting in Chicago, Illinois on December 29, 1932. At that time, its membership included 42 major university and research libraries. This first meeting was primarily organizational. The prepared constitution and bylaws were accepted and each library adopted a constitution that stated, "the object shall be, by cooperative effort, to develop and increase the resources and usefulness of the research collections in American libraries." Donald B. Gilchrist was elected as Executive Secretary. The Advisory Committee members included J. Christian Bay (John Crerar Library), James T. Gerould (Princeton University), Harold L. Leupp (University of California – Berkeley), C. C. Williamson (Columbia University), and Phineas L. Windsor (Illinois University).
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