Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Encyclopedia
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is an organization
of research
libraries
in Canada
.
It was established in 1976 and consists of 27 university libraries plus Library and Archives Canada
(LAC), Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
, and the Library of Parliament
.
CARL's mission: "CARL strives to enhance the capacity of Canada’s research libraries to partner in research and higher education, seeking effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information.
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CARL states its 3 main goals as:
The current President of CARL (2011-2013) is Thomas Hickerson, University of Calgary.
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
of research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
libraries
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
It was established in 1976 and consists of 27 university libraries plus Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada is a national memory institution dedicated to providing the best possible account of Canadian life through acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible for use in the 21st century and beyond...
(LAC), Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
CISTI
The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information began in 1924 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada , the leading agency for research and development in Canada. This library took on the role of national science library unofficially in 1957 and became the official...
, and the Library of Parliament
Library of Parliament
The Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...
.
CARL's mission: "CARL strives to enhance the capacity of Canada’s research libraries to partner in research and higher education, seeking effective and sustainable scholarly communication and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information.
top of page."
CARL states its 3 main goals as:
- To provide organized leadership for the Canadian research library community in the development of policies and programmes which maintain and improve the cycle of scholarly communication;
- To work toward the realization of a national research library resource-sharing network in the areas of collection development, preservation and access; and
- To increase the capacity of individual member libraries to provide effective support and encouragement to postgraduate study and research at national, regional, and local levels.
The current President of CARL (2011-2013) is Thomas Hickerson, University of Calgary.