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Direct linkKeith, Brian W.; Smith, Bonnie J.; Taylor, Laurie N. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
Analyzing position descriptions provides insights into new and emerging trends, especially as the role of academic and research libraries continues to evolve, and new position types and new ways of organizing work emerge. Personnel officers and other library leaders frequently collaborate by sharing position descriptions in an effort to understand…
Descriptors: Occupational Information, Cooperation, Archives, Academic Libraries
Howard, Heather A.; Habashi, Meara M.; Reed, Jason B. – College & Research Libraries, 2020
The gender wage gap impacts millions of women throughout the US and world, with women in the US making on average 82 percent of men's salaries (US Census Bureau, 2018). In research libraries, a field dominated by women, this has historically been true as well, with men rising to top positions at a higher rate and making more money than women in…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Librarians, Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Differences
Adams, Nancy E. – College & Research Libraries, 2014
Evidence-based practice (EBP), like information literacy, is concerned with an individual's knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to using information. EBP is now a professional competency in fields as diverse as social work, nursing and allied health fields, and public policy. A comparison of the Association of College and Research Libraries'…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Library Associations, Academic Standards
Hires, Will – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2010
This paper describes the creation of a poster for the poster session that was part of the ACRL Science and Technology Section program "Federal Friends: Creating Greater Access to and Support for Science and Technology Information," at the American Library Association Annual Conference in June 2010. Details about the making of the poster up to and…
Descriptors: Library Associations, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Conferences (Gatherings)
Cannady, Rachel E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
In this article, the author reports on the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference which occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 2, 2011. There were numerous panel sessions to choose from, and the author attended "Fostering Library as Place for Distance Students: Best Practices from Two…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Research Libraries
Maxey-Harris, Charlene – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2010
The purpose of this study was to discover what libraries belonging to the Association of Research Libraries are subscribing to in support of multicultural and diversity research. A list of bibliographic and digital collections was created and searched for in the online public access catalogs of academic and research libraries in 2005 and 2008. A…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Online Catalogs, Multicultural Education, Electronic Journals
Download full textBarrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2010
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a bimonthly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This special issue includes the following articles: (1) Themes within the ARL Strategic Plan 2010-2012 (Charles B. Lowry); (2) ARL…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Associations, Strategic Planning
Howard, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The publishers' hall at the recent Association of College and Research Libraries conference, held in Seattle in mid-March, was a study in give-and-take: how much publishers such as Elsevier and Oxford University Press will give in this lousy economy, and how much budget-strapped librarians can take. Libraries are some of the biggest customers for…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Library Associations
Hendrix, Dean – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This study analyzed 2005-2006 Web of Science bibliometric data from institutions belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and corresponding ARL statistics to find any associations between indicators from the two data sets. Principal components analysis on 36 variables from 103 universities revealed obvious associations between…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Correlation, Research Libraries, Library Associations
Shulenburger, David – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
During the period in which Duane Webster led the Association for Research Libraries (ARL), powerful commercial interests sought for their own financial purposes the information resources essential for providing education and performing research. Juxtaposed was the Internet with its inherent capacity to democratizing these resources. Commercial…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2009
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a bimonthly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) ARL Encourages Members to Refrain from Signing Nondisclosure or…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Associations, Confidentiality
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Handheld Devices, Reference Services
Frederiksen, Linda – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2004
Fourteen years after its establishment, the Distance Learning Section is one of the fastest growing sections in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association. Based on Section archives and secondary literature, this article traces the organization's development from its beginnings as a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Research Libraries, Library Associations, Organizational Change
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1976
The minutes of the October 21-22, 1976 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) include the texts of two presentations: "Our Cultural Heritage: Whence Salvation?" by Louis B. Wright and "The Uses of the Past" by Gordon N. Ray. Reports given during the business meeting include those from the Librarian of Congress, the ARL executive…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Committees
Blixrud, Julia C. – 2001
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has collected descriptive data from its members for the better part of the 20th century. This data shows that as libraries' environments change to reflect increased interest in accountability and institutional outcomes. To account for this, an ARL New Measures Initiative has been established to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Associations
