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., U.S. |
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| Members | 125 |
President | Melissa Just, University of Southern California |
Key people | Andrew K. Pace (Executive Director) |
| Website | arl.org |
membership. Replace with num_members.The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit membership organization of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and large public institutions in the United States and Canada. ARL champions research libraries and archives, develops visionary leaders, and shapes policy for the equitable advancement of knowledge.
ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending approximately $4.5 billion every year on information resources and actively engaging in the development of new models of scholarly communications.
ARL co-founded an affiliate organization, the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), in 1990. 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. 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.