ARL and ACRL work with consortia to offer regional versions of the Institute on Scholarly Communication. Regional institutes offer the same curriculum and institute faculty as national events, but the consortium manages the overhead of the event. Selection is competitive and uses the same process and criteria as national institutes. Participation in any institute event is limited to 100 to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active participation. For regional offerings, institutions from the consortium will receive preferred consideration, but seats are reserved for 20 participants unaffiliated with the consortium.
Regional events allow the institute to support institutions that would not, for whatever reason, attend a national event. The shift to regional institutes is a natural evolution in the life of the institute. It broadens access while enabling ARL and ACRL to refocus national efforts to meet the changing needs of the library community.
Consortia or other institutions that may be interested in hosting the next regional Institute on Scholarly Communication should contact Julia Blixrud, Assistant Executive Director, External Relations, ARL, at jblix@arl.org.
