Describing the Research Library of the 21st Century: the Association of Research Libraries’ (ARL) Profile Presented by Colleen Cook Martha Kyrillidou Chania, Crete, Greece May, 2009 www.arl.org
Challenge ..measuring the size of library collections cannot be what it used to be … Martha Kyrillidou, “Reshaping ARL Statistics to capture the new environment” Feb 2008, http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-256-stats.pdf www.arl.org
Profile elements as identified by Task Force services to the library and scholarly community distinctive research-oriented collections and resources of national significance in a variety of media the nature of use made of the collections and services by faculty, students, and visiting scholars the preservation of research resources the leadership and external contributions of the staff to the profession the effective and innovative use of technology consortial memberships (including cooperative collection development and preservation efforts) important locally created digital collections library collaborations with faculty. www.arl.org
Celebrating Research Brief descriptions are offered of the special collections at each library http://www.celebratingresearch.org/libraries/index.shtml www.arl.org
More info … www.arl.org/stats/ www.arl.org