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Canadian Association of Research Libraries

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Established
  
1976

Website
  
www.carl-abrc.ca/

President
  
Martha Whitehead, Queen's University

Address
  
309 Cooper Street, Suite 203, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa, Canada

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).

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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."

CARL established three priorities:

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

    • CARL members

    CARL members include 29 university libraries and 2 federal libraries.

    Participating university libraries:

  • Brock University
  • Carleton University
  • Concordia University Libraries
  • Dalhousie University
  • McGill University Library
  • McMaster University
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Queen's University
  • Ryerson University
  • Simon Fraser University
  • University of Alberta Libraries Rutherford Library
  • University of British Columbia Library
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Guelph
  • University of Manitoba
  • University of New Brunswick
  • University of Ottawa
  • University of Regina
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Victoria
  • University of Waterloo
  • University of Western Ontario
  • University of Windsor
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • York University Libraries

    • Federal libraries:

  • Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
  • Library and Archives Canada

    • Partnership and Collaboration

    CARL works with a number of other organizations, including:

  • Canadian Library Association
  • Association of Research Libraries (US)
  • International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

    • References

    Canadian Association of Research Libraries Wikipedia
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