Our priority is to align library strategy, staffing, and spending to advance the principles and practices of open scholarship. Through collective action with partners in research and learning communities, we increase the amount of high-quality scholarship that is openly available, support our members to promote “open science by design” within their own institutions, and provide leadership on high-impact collective collections initiatives.
Research libraries partner in the creation of new research and scholarship while they also manage vast collections in print, special collections, media, and other formats. A new openness in scholarly and research environments is transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. We contribute to this transformation by deeply engaging with scholarly communities and acting collectively to reduce friction between users and the information they seek and create.
Contact Marcel LaFlamme (marcel@arl.org) to find out how you can get involved.
Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshops
Library Funding Advocacy
Public Access to Federally Funded Research and Government Information
Research Data
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Winter 2026
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Winter 2026) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, Capitol Hill pushes back on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to research funding, while Ottawa looks to research...
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Fall 2025
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Fall 2025) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, research funding on either side of the 49th parallel gets top billing. Around the Ecosystem presents new approaches to tracking...
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MAP Pilot Key Recommendations
Use the following guides for different stakeholders at your institution. “A guide for researchers,” August 2025 “A guide for libraries,” August 2025 “A guide for IT and information security departments,”...
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Summer 2025
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Summer 2025) From the Government Affairs section of this issue, the Gold Standard Science executive order and updates to the NIH’s Public Access Policy loom large in the...
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Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit
View the Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshops page for information about those events and to register. Table of Contents Foreword Futurescape Libraries: A Toolkit for Library Leaders Navigating the Future...
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Spring 2025
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Spring 2025) In Government Affairs, an analysis of grants from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to ARL member libraries quantifies the Association’s...
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ARL and California Digital Library Kick Off Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Site Visits at Northwestern University
In September, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the California Digital Library (CDL) conducted a site visit to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Galter Health Sciences Library....
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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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Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot: Building a Scalable Data-Management Infrastructure for Strategic Institutional Coordination
Want to learn about how technological advancements in data management plans can benefit research at your university? Have you heard the term “machine actionable” but aren’t sure what it is...
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University of Virginia Library—Community-Led Open Data to Address Inequality
An Equity Atlas serves as a data and policy tool for leaders and advocates to advance a more equitable community while helping citizens hold decision-makers accountable. The University of Virginia...
