Join ACRL staff and members of the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Editorial Board at 11:00 a.m. Central ...

The November 2025 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online both as a full issue ...

The 2025 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey is now open, and your participation is essential for gathering ...

For instruction librarians in an academic setting, there is value in keeping current with teaching and learning scholarship reported in the literature of library and information science but also ...

The European Studies Section represents librarians and specialists in European affairs from ancient times to the present, and promotes the improvement of library services supporting study and research ...

Fifty years after the first National Library Legislative Day, ALA’s Public Policy and Advocacy (PPA) team invites advocates to show up for America’s libraries on Capitol Hill for a two-day educational ...

The Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS) is a section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. CJCLS contributes to ...

Language Table Definitions Acknowledgments Understanding library jargon can be difficult for anyone who is not a regular user of the library. The difficulty of understanding library terms is ...

Stephen Abram. “The Value of Academic Libraries Redux.” Stephen’s Lighthouse. November 1, 2010. Carl Grant. “‘The Value of Academic Libraries’ and the Incomplete Chapter.” Commentary from Carl Grant.

Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee releases an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing impact on academic ...

PRIMO, a committee of the ACRL Instruction Section, promoted and shared peer-reviewed instructional materials created by librarians to teach people about discovering, accessing, evaluating, and ...