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The '''Canadian Association of Research Libraries''' (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-two research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus [[Library and Archives Canada]] (LAC) and the[[CISTI|Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)]]. |
The '''Canadian Association of Research Libraries''' (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-two research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus [[Library and Archives Canada]] (LAC) and the [[CISTI|Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)]]. |
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== Mission and objectives == |
== Mission and objectives == |
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Revision as of 08:03, 23 February 2013
| Established | 1976 |
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| President | Thomas Hickerson, University of Calgary |
| Address | 350 Albert Street, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada , , |
| Website | www.carl-abrc.ca/ |
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-two research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI).
Mission and objectives
The organization's mission is to "enhance the capacity of Canada’s research libraries to partner in research and higher education, seeking effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information."[1]
CARL established three priorities:
- Transforming scholarly communications
- Influencing public policy to foster an environment that favours research and innovation.
- Advancing the research library.[2]
CARL members
CARL members include 29 university libraries and 2 federal libraries.
Participating university libraries:
- Brock University
- Carleton University
- Concordia University Libraries
- Dalhousie University
- McGill University Library
- McMaster University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Queen's University
- Ryerson University
- Simon Fraser University
- University of Alberta Libraries Rutherford Library
- University of British Columbia Library
- University of Calgary
- University of Guelph
- University of Manitoba
- University of New Brunswick
- University of Ottawa
- University of Regina
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Windsor
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Université Laval
- York University Libraries
Federal libraries:
Partnership and Collaboration
CARL works with a number of other organizations, including:
- Canadian Library Association
- Association of Research Libraries (US)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)