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LibQUAL to Become Open-Source Survey Application
Since ARL’s decision to sunset the LibQUAL service-quality assessment tool at the end of 2025, the Association has explored several options for the future of the LibQUAL product. To allow...
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Artificial Intelligence
Libraries are at the forefront of information stewardship, where the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, presents new opportunities to enhance access, management, and dissemination of information. AI...
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LibQUAL+ Library Customer Satisfaction Survey 2024 Registration Is Now Open
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened 2024 registration for LibQUAL+, a leading tool for assessing library customer satisfaction. For more than 20 years, libraries have depended on LibQUAL+...
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LibQUAL Library Customer Satisfaction Survey 2022 Registration Is Now Open
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened 2022 registration for LibQUAL, a leading library customer satisfaction assessment tool. For the past 20 years, libraries have depended on LibQUAL survey...
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Research Libraries Redeploy Loaner Laptops to Aid Students during COVID-19 Closures
In a hurry to leave campus in March before the start of online classes, Cornell University doctoral student Amanda Domingues packed up suitcases full of clothes, boxes of books, her...
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Through Videos, Librarians Remind Students and Faculty, “We’re Here for You”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, ARL member libraries are sending video messages of support to their communities. LSU Libraries, "Still Here for You" UC Berkeley Library, "We’re Here...
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Reimagining the Library Liaison
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) hosted Library Liaison Institutes from 2015-2018, and will soon publish a toolkit and list of resources. Below are some resources related to the Library...
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Register for CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop to Be Held March 25–26 at Northeastern University
photo by Matthew Modoono / Northeastern University The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have opened registration for the next Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop,...
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Webinar—Outreach and Engagement (SPEC Kit 361)
SPEC Kit 361, Outreach and Engagement, captures a snapshot of how ARL member libraries are defining their outreach and engagement programs, how they are assigning and structuring responsibilities, and how...
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Research Library Impact Framework Initiative and Pilots
ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative was established in 2019 with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and extends the recommendations developed by the Assessment...