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.
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NC State University Libraries—Increasing the Public Impact of Research through Consultative Services
North Carolina (NC) State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Total student enrollment at NC State as of fall 2022 was 37,873, with 27,317 undergraduates,...
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Simon Fraser University Library—Partnering with Research Office to Advance Knowledge Mobilization
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university based in Burnaby, British Columbia. Total student enrollment at SFU as of fall 2022 was 35,396, with 29,660 undergraduates, 5,736 and...
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New York University Libraries—Advancing Community Engagement through Faculty Cluster Hires
New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City and is the largest private university in the United States. Total student enrollment at NYU as...
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Information Integrity
Research libraries play a critical role in advocating for laws, policies, and regulations that advance information integrity. This includes ensuring that research security requirements do not inhibit fundamental research; strengthening...
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Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR)
The social impact of research, whether it is examining educational and economic disparities, developing new medications, or understanding environmental challenges, is a key component of higher education and research institutions...
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Open Access
Reports Investments in Open: Association of Research Libraries US Member Expenditures in Services, Collections, Staff, and Infrastructure in Support of Open Scholarship Report (November 2022) In this report, experts from...
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TOME: Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem
TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) advances the wide dissemination of scholarship by humanities and humanistic social sciences faculty members through open access editions of peer-reviewed and professionally edited monographs. Scholars face...
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P+L: Presses and Library Publishing
P+L is a community of university presses and research libraries with whom they have a reporting relationship. Meeting since 2016, this group of press directors and university librarians focus on...
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Digital Scholarship
ARL member libraries and their institutions’ faculty and students create research in all forms, including digital and data-intensive scholarship, digital humanities, and digital publishing. We offer professional development opportunities for member libraries’...
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Archives and Special Collections
Archives, special collections, and libraries share professional responsibility for the unique items in our collections—including records of the institution, the full research materials of its faculty, and rare books and...
