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Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Established1976
PresidentMartha Whitehead, Queen's University
Address
309 Cooper Street, Suite 203, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
,
Canada Ottawa
,
Canada
Websitewww.carl-abrc.ca/

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-one research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI).[1]

Mission and objectives

The organization's mission is to "enhance the capacity of Canada’s research libraries to partner in research and higher education, seeking effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information."[2]

CARL established three priorities:

  • Transforming scholarly communications
  • Influencing public policy to foster an environment that favours research and innovation.
  • Advancing the research library.[3]

CARL members

CARL members include 29 university libraries and 2 federal libraries.

Participating university libraries:

Federal libraries:

Partnership and Collaboration

CARL works with a number of other organizations, including:

References

  1. ^ "Membership - CARL". carl-abrc.ca. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.carl-abrc.ca/about/mission-e.html
  3. ^ http://carl-abrc.ca/strategic_plan.html
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