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ACRL releases ‘Library Publishing’ guide to launch, enhance, and sustain library publishing programs

LibrariesNovember 5, 2025

(29 Oct 2025) ACRL announces the publication of “Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program” edited by Jonathan Grunert, offering perspectives from diverse publishing programs, processes, and challenges that can help you scale content to meet your campus’s needs. Shifting landscapes of academic publishing, open access initiatives, transformative agreements, and questionable scholarly…

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ACRL releases AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers

AIOctober 27, 2025

(17 Oct 2025) “AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers,” approved by ACRL in October 2025, is a comprehensive framework to help academic library workers navigate the integration and ethical use of AI technology in higher education libraries. It emphasizes the critical role of academic libraries in understanding and responding to AI’s impact on research, pedagogy,…

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The State of U.S. academic libraries: Findings from the ACRL 2023 annual survey

LibrariesOctober 14, 2024

(3 Oct 2024) ACRL announces the publication of the report The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings from the ACRL 2023 Annual Survey. Academic libraries provide essential services that support research and student success in higher education. To help track the nature and quantity of those services, ACRL fields an annual Academic Library Trends and Statistics…

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ACRL Online course: Efficient prompt engineering for librarians

LibrariesMay 7, 2024

(11 Apr 2024) Specifically tailored for academic librarians, this four-week course dives deep into the practical application of generative AI and large language models. Learn how to seamlessly integrate AI principles into your daily workflow, enhancing your skillset for a wide range of library services. During the course, you’ll engage with online course materials, assignments, discussions,…

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Resource: Scholarly communication librarianship and open knowledge

LibrariesOctober 12, 2023

(10 Oct 2023) ACRL announces the publication of Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge, edited by Maria Bonn, Josh Bolick, and Will Cross. This open textbook and practitioner’s guide collects theory, practice, and case studies from nearly 80 experts in scholarly communication and open education. Learn more about Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge in…

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United States: 2022 Academic Library Trends and Statistics data now available

LibrariesJune 14, 2023

(13 Jun 2023) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces that results from the 2022 Academic Library Trends and Statistics survey are now available. This is the largest survey of academic libraries in the country, providing one of the most comprehensive portraits of the impact of academic libraries across the United States. The…

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ACRL announces the publication of 2018 Academic Library Trends and Statistics

LibrariesJuly 19, 2019

(17 Jul 2019) ACRL announces the publication of 2018 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures and service activities of academic libraries in all Carnegie classifications. The one-volume title includes data from Associate of Arts Colleges, Baccalaureate, Master’s Colleges and Universities/ and Research/Doctoral-granting Institutions.…

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Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) publishes “Environmental Scan 2019”

LibrariesJune 8, 2019

(5 June 2019) Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee writes an Environmental Scan, a summary of the key themes in libraries and higher education. Many topics in this arena are in a state of perpetual change. See more and the full report from here.

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ACRL and Gale launch Libraries Transform Toolkit

Libraries, ToolsApril 15, 2019

(11 Apr 2019) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Gale, a Cengage company, have collaborated to create the ACRL Libraries Transform Toolkit. This free new toolkit provides academic and research libraries with easy-to-use tools and resources to develop effective marketing and outreach strategies to promote their services and impact to students, faculty and administrators.…

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ACRL releases Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students

LibrariesOctober 28, 2018

(25 October 2018, Chicago) The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of Transforming Libraries to Serve Graduate Students, edited by Crystal Renfro and Cheryl Stiles. The book is a practical atlas of how librarians around the world are serving the dynamic academics that are today’s graduate students. In four sections—One Size…

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