White Papers and Reports

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Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success Interim Report
(2013-09-30) ACRL
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ACRL Representative Report
(STEM Liaison Librarian for Health Sciences, 2018-07-10) Roxanne, Bogucka
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Stepping through the Open Door: A Forum on New Modes of Information Delivery in Higher Education
(2007-09) Nelson, Mark R.
Report from an invitational forum, held March 5 and 6, 2007 in Denver, sponsored jointly by ACRL, EDUCAUSE and the National Association of College Stores.
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Establishing a Research Agenda for Scholarly Communication: A Call for Community Engagement
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007-11-05) ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee
This white paper, by ACRL's Scholarly Communications Committee, encourages academics, librarians and their key partners to gather more data on practices that both enable and inhibit the production of scholarship and its communication. The report results from a one-day invitational meeting to collectively brainstorm the evidence needed to manage and influence the changing system of scholarly communication. It identifies eight themes, with research possibilities in each area, and invites broad comment.
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Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color
(2007-07) Neely, Teresa Y.; Peterson, Lorna; Todaro, Julie Beth
A White Paper by the ACRL Board of Directors Diversity Task Force, produced by Teresa Y. Neely, Ph.D. and Lorna Peterson, Ph.D. Also includes a companion piece to the ACRL Diversity White Paper by Julie Todaro.
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Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-03) ACRL Working Group on Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy.
Written by a working group of leaders from many parts of the ACRL, this white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. The paper also provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication. The white paper explores and articulates three intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy, and provides strategies for librarians from different backgrounds to initiate collaborations within their own campus environments between information literacy and scholarly communication.
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Global Perspectives on Information Literacy: Fostering a Dialogue for International Understanding
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-06) Aharony, Noa; Badke, William; Bradley, Cara; Bury, Sophie; Coonan, Emma; Dorner, Daniel G.; Houlihan, Meggan; Lau, Jesús; Mwesigwa, Andrew; Raju, Jaya; Raju, Reggie; Russell, Elizabeth A.; Secker, Jane; Špiranec, Sonja; Torras, Maria-Carme; Wang, Li
ACRL’s Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee (SLILC) has gathered information literacy experts from around the world—including Africa, Canada, Europe, Oceania, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East—to explore information literacy from each author’s regional and/or cultural perspective and share individual international perspectives that demonstrate how information literacy is viewed, taught, and conceptualized internationally. The thirteen chapters examine research trends, models of information literacy, theory and practice, the role of librarians, and future visioning.
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Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-06) Staley, David J.; Malenfant, Kara J.
For academic librarians seeking to demonstrate the value of their libraries to their parent institutions, it is important to understand not only the current climate. We must also know what will be valued in the future so that we can begin to take appropriate action now. This document presents 26 possible scenarios based on an implications assessment of current trends, which may have an impact on all types of academic and research libraries over the next 15 years. They are organized in a “scenario space” visualization tool, reflecting the expert judgment of ACRL members as to their expectations and perceptions about the probability, impact, speed of change, and threat/opportunity potential of each scenario.
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Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Scenarios for the Future of the Book
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-05) Staley, David J.
Many current conversations about the future of libraries assume that printed books will give way to e-books. This report by David J. Staley, Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching in the History Department of Ohio State University, presents four alternate possible scenarios for the future, based in part on feedback from academic library directors. It includes scenarios which intentionally favor the continued existence of the printed book as a viable technology so that academic and research librarians may expand their thinking about the future to include a richer set of environmental conditions.
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Building with Purpose: A Quantitative Overview and Analysis of New U.S. Academic Library Construction, 2000–2014
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-02) Stewart, Christopher
The first in a set of Occasional Reports on academic library construction and renovation. Authored by Christopher Stewart, this report presents a rich set of data on, and analysis of, new library construction over the past fourteen years.
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New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-03) Bell, Steven; Dempsey, Lorcan; Fister, Barbara; Allen, Nancy; Wilson, Betsy
In this collection of essays commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary, authors Steven J. Bell, Lorcan Dempsey, and Barbara Fister share their thoughts on the world in which academic libraries will thrive, ways libraries are responding to change, and new roles for libraries and librarians. The essays include reflections on ways academic libraries can succeed in a changing higher education environment, take advantage of opportunities, and think about the best ways to deliver both ongoing and innovative services to students and faculty. These wide-ranging topics are bound by the singular understanding that action will need to be taken soon in order to stay current and relevant as ACRL celebrates its past successes and looks ahead to its future. The report also includes an introduction by Nancy H. Allen and afterword by Betsy Wilson.
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Environmental Scan 2013
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-04) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2013 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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Environmental Scan 2015
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-03) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2015 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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Environmental Scan 2017
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-03) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
The 2017 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.
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2019 ACRL Environmental Scan
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019-05) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
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 libraries. The 2019 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research libraries. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, including the Top Trends in Academic Libraries.
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2021 ACRL Environmental Scan
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021-04) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
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 libraries. The 2021 environmental scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research libraries. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, including the Top Trends in Academic Libraries.
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Academic Libraries and Research Data Services: Current Practices and Plans for the Future
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-06) Tenopir, Carol; Birch, Ben; Allard, Suzie
This survey reports the findings of a cross section of academic libraries in the United States and Canada to provide a baseline assessment of the current state of and future plans for research data services in academic libraries. Recently the academic library community has identified data curation as one of the top ten trends in 2012. Some academic libraries are already engaged in these activities, and others are examining ways they can best provide a range of research data services. As science becomes more collaborative, data-intensive, and computational, academic researchers are faced with a range of data management needs. Combine these needs with funding directives that require data management planning, and there is both a need and an imperative for research data services in colleges and universities. Academic libraries may be ideal centers for research data service activities on campuses, providing unique opportunities for academic libraries to become even more active participants in the knowledge creation cycle in their institution.
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Transforming Library Services for Computational Research with Text Data: Environmental Scan, Stakeholder Perspectives, and Recommendations for Libraries
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021-08) Senseney, Megan; Koehl, Eleanor Dickson; Namachchivaya, Beth Sandore; Ludäscher, Bertram
This report from the IMLS National Forum on Data Mining Research Using In-Copyright and Limited-Access Text Datasets seeks to build a shared understanding of the issues and challenges associated with the legal and socio-technical logistics of conducting computational research with text data. It captures preparatory activities leading up to the forum and its outcomes to (1) provide academic librarians with a set of recommendations for action and (2) establish a research agenda for the LIS community.
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What Chief Academic Officers Want from Their Libraries: Findings from interviews with Provosts and Chief Academic Officers
(2007-10) Estabrook, Leigh S.
This is the central finding from a recent survey of Provosts and Chief Academic Officers conducted on behalf of the Association for College and Research Libraries by Leigh S. Estabrook and the University of Illinois.
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Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report
(Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-09) Oakleaf, Megan
A review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices currently in place for demonstrating the value of academic libraries, developed for ACRL by Megan Oakleaf of the iSchool at Syracuse University. The primary objective of this comprehensive review is to provide academic librarians with a clearer understanding of what research about the performance of academic libraries already exists, where gaps in this research occur, and to identify the most promising best practices and measures correlated to performance.