Association of Research Libraries (ARL®)

Highlights

• The ARL 2030 Scenario Set Released with User’s Guide (Oct. 18, '10)

• Webcast on Scenario Planning for Research Libraries Now Available as Archive (July 2010)

• Scenarios Project Internal Data Gathering Summary (July 2010) [PDF]

• ARL Scenario Development Project Webcast July 19 (June 2010)

• New Roles for New Times: Forthcoming Report Descriptions Now Available (Mar. 2010)

• Envisioning Research Library Futures: A Scenario Thinking Project (Mar. 2010)

• Special Report on Liaison Librarian Roles (Sept. 2009)

Overview

The rapid rate of change in research library environments and services creates opportunities and challenges for leadership and for planning. Now an unfolding economic crisis adds a new sense of urgency to the task of forming a new vision for library roles grounded in emerging understandings of the trends and transformations shaping research institutions. A selection of some of the latest and most forward-looking work is offered here as a resource to the research library community and other organizations with shared concerns.