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  • 2019 ACRL Environmental Scan 
    ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019-05)
    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 ...
  • 2021 ACRL Environmental Scan 
    ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021-04)
    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 ...
  • Academic Libraries and Research Data Services: Current Practices and Plans for the Future 
    Tenopir, Carol; Birch, Ben; Allard, Suzie (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-06)
    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 ...
  • Academic Library Contributions to Student Success: Documented Practices from the Field 
    Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-01)
    This report synthesizes results from over 70 higher education institutions from across North America which completed team-based assessment projects during the first year of Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and ...
  • Academic Library Impact on Student Learning and Success: Findings from Assessment in Action Team Projects 
    Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-04)
    This report synthesizes individual project reports from more than 50 campus teams which participated in the ACRL program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success from April 2015 to June 2016. Positive ...
  • Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research 
    Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; Harvey, William; Kitzie, Vanessa; Mikitish, Stephanie (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017)
    Developed for ACRL by OCLC Research, Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research investigates how libraries can increase student learning and success and effectively communicate their value ...
  • Achieving Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Academic and Research Librarians: The Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Librarians of Color 
    Neely, Teresa Y.; Peterson, Lorna; Todaro, Julie Beth (2007-07)
    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.
  • ACRL Representative Report 
    Roxanne, Bogucka (STEM Liaison Librarian for Health Sciences, 2018-07-10)
  • Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success Interim Report 
    ACRL (2013-09-30)
  • Building with Purpose: A Quantitative Overview and Analysis of New U.S. Academic Library Construction, 2000–2014 
    Stewart, Christopher (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-02)
    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 ...
  • Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate: A Report from the Value of Academic Libraries Summits 
    Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-06)
    A report on two invitational summits supported by a National Leadership Collaborative Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries Initiative. The report – ...
  • Documented Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success: Building Evidence with Team-Based Assessment in Action Campus Projects 
    Brown, Karen; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016-04)
    This report synthesizes more than 60 individual project reports from higher education institutions which participated in the second year of the ACRL program Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success. ...
  • Environmental Scan 2013 
    ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-04)
    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 ...
  • Environmental Scan 2015 
    ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2015-03)
    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 ...
  • Environmental Scan 2017 
    ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-03)
    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 ...
  • Establishing a Research Agenda for Scholarly Communication: A Call for Community Engagement 
    ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007-11-05)
    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 ...
  • Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025 
    Staley, David J.; Malenfant, Kara J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2010-06)
    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 ...
  • Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Scenarios for the Future of the Book 
    Staley, David J. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-05)
    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 ...
  • Global Perspectives on Information Literacy: Fostering a Dialogue for International Understanding 
    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 (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017-06)
    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 ...
  • Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment 
    ACRL Working Group on Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy. (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013-03)
    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 ...

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