The latest edition of Keeping Up With…, ACRL’s online current awareness publication featuring concise briefs on trends in academic librarianship and higher education, is now available. This month’s ...

Join ACRL staff and members of the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Editorial Board at 11:00 a.m. Central ...

Join ACRL staff and members of the ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Editorial Board at 11:00 a.m. Central on Thursday, December 4, for the free ACRL Presents webinar “The State of U.S.

The November 2025 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online both as a full issue ...

For instruction librarians in an academic setting, there is value in keeping current with teaching and learning scholarship reported in the literature of library and information science but also ...

The 2025 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey is now open, and your participation is essential for gathering ...

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 ...

The European Studies Section represents librarians and specialists in European affairs from ancient times to the present, and promotes the improvement of library services supporting study and research ...

This site contains links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education. Resources ...

Stephen Abram. “The Value of Academic Libraries Redux.” Stephen’s Lighthouse. November 1, 2010. Carl Grant. “‘The Value of Academic Libraries’ and the Incomplete Chapter.” Commentary from Carl Grant.

The ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers Task Force invites your feedback on a draft of proposed “AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers” (PDF). The working group is following ACRL ...

Language Table Definitions Acknowledgments Understanding library jargon can be difficult for anyone who is not a regular user of the library. The difficulty of understanding library terms is ...