In recent weeks ACRL has joined other library associations in advocating for the interests of college and research libraries and librarians as follows: On October 28, 2021, ACRL joined ACRL joined an amicus brief by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (together with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, […]
The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that Robert (Jay) Malone will become the new executive director of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of ALA. Malone’s first day in his new role will be Tuesday, Sept. 7. An experienced association executive with more than three decades […]
Each year, the ACRL Government Relations Committee, in consultation with the ACRL Board of Directors and staff, formulates an ACRL Legislative Agenda. Drafted with input from key ACRL committees, ACRL leaders, and the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, the ACRL Legislative Agenda is prioritized and focuses on issues at the national […]
ACRL joined a number of organizations in co-signing an American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association, Association of American Colleges & Universities, and PEN America joint statement stating their “firm opposition” to legislation, introduced in at least 20 states, that would restrict the discussion of “divisive concepts” in public […]
Please join us for the ACRL Leadership Council and Membership Meeting to be held online Monday, May 24, 2021, at 11:00 am-12:30 p.m. Pacific | noon-1:30 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Central | 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern. Please register in advance if you would like to participate. We hope […]
In this season of gratitude and reflection, we are grateful for staff, members, and volunteers who have gone above and beyond to advance ACRL’s Plan for Excellence and invest in the future of academic and research libraries. And, I am especially grateful for friends like you, supporters who understand how […]
In keeping with its Core Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, ACRL recommends that North American research libraries continue to collect and preserve valuable print materials, even as the global COVID-19 crisis and associated financial circumstances may compel them to shift, at least temporarily, to digital formats where available. The […]
ACRL joined the Association of Research Libraries, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the University of California Libraries, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library, and the University of Iowa Libraries in filing an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court […]
The academic library community appreciates the ways that library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and our students’ and faculty members’ necessary and unanticipated shift to temporarily remote teaching, learning, and research. We urge all library […]
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Alan Inouye and Kevin Maher. Alan is Senior Director, Public Policy and Government Relations, and Kevin is Deputy Director, Government Relations, at ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy Office. Budget cuts for college and research libraries are in the offing at many […]
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