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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of the leading research libraries in the US and Canada. As of February 2012, ARL comprises 125 libraries at comprehensive, research-intensive institutions that share similar missions, aspirations, and achievements. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending more than $1.4 billion every year on library materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arl.org/about )〕 ARL is currently partnered with the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), EDUCAUSE, Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), National Humanities Alliance (NHA), the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and SPARC Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.arl.org/about/partners )〕 ==Values & Mission== Enduring beliefs that bring together Association members in common cause are: * Open and equitable access to information is a fundamental tenet of our society. * Research libraries are active agents central to the process of the transmission and creation of knowledge. * Research libraries have a responsibility to anticipate and prepare for the information needs of present and future users. * Collaboration among libraries improves the prospects for individual library success in fulfilling local needs.〔 The mission of the Association is to shape and influence forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Association of Research Libraries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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