The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) sent letters urging congressional committees that provide oversight and appropriations for the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to protect NARA’s crucial role in safeguarding vital government records that document the legacy of America’s history. The letters highlighted NARA’s critical work helping veterans access documentation needed to get critical benefits, digitizing information and making it available to the public where appropriate, and declassifying documents.
“ARL’s members across the US rely on the National Archives and Records Administration to serve their communities,” said Katherine Klosek, ARL’s director of Information Policy and Federal Relations. “We are willing to work with Congress as appropriate, and we hope that Congress sees ARL and our members as a resource.”
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
