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How do some of the largest libraries in North America see their near-term future?

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) currently has 123 member libraries in the US and Canada. Below is a partial list of strategic planning Web sites at ARL libraries. This list was complied by a quick look at ARL libraries’ home pages, supplemented by limited site-specific Google searching. Web sites were included if the library’s strategic plan included the years 2004 and/or 2005.

• Brown University (2004)
• Cornell University (2002-2007)
• Duke University (2002-2005)
• Iowa State University (2000-2005)
• Northwestern University (Draft 2003-2005)
• Notre Dame University (2004)
• Ohio University (2004)
• Penn State University
• Purdue University (2006)
• Rutgers University (in process)
• Syracuse University (2000-2005)
• Tulane University (2000-2010)
• University of Alabama (2003-04)
• University of Alberta
• University of Colorado, Boulder (2002-2005)
• University of Illinois (2005-209)
• University of Iowa (2004-2009)
• University of Maryland (2005-2007)
• University of South Carolina (2003-2008)
• University of Tennessee (2005-2008)
• University of Washington (2002-2005)
• Vanderbilt University (2004/2005)
• Virginia Tech (till 2010)
• Yale University

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) currently has 123 member libraries in the US and Canada. Below is a list of scholarly communication web sites at ARL libraries. This list was complied by a quick examination of ARL libraries’ home pages, supplemented by some Google searching. It’s not comprehensive, and I would welcome additions.

• Auburn University
• Brigham Young University
• Boston College
• Cornell University
• Emory University
• Iowa State University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Michigan State University
• MIT
• North Carolina State University
• Rutgers University
• University at Buffalo
• University of Alabama
• University of Arizona
• University of California
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Connecticut
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Kansas
• University of Maryland
• University of Miami
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Tennessee
• University of Tennessee (Weblog)
• University of Texas, Austin
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• Washington University

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) currently has 123 member libraries in the US and Canada. Below is a list of operational institutional repositories at ARL libraries. This list was complied by a quick examination of ARL libraries’ home pages, supplemented with a bit of Google searching. I certainly wouldn’t claim that it’s comprehensive, and I would welcome additions. (Quick note to ARL library Web site managers: put a highly visible link to your IR on your home page.)

While not perfect (what is?), this list does give us a rough snapshot of the level of IR activity in ARL libraries, and it provides some insight into how these large research libraries have chosen to structure and support their IRs (can you say bepress and DSpace?).

• Boston College
• Brigham Young University
• Cornell University
• Florida State University
• Georgia Tech
• MIT
• Ohio State University
• Texas A&M University
• University of California
• University of Kansas
• University of Maryland
• University of New Mexico
• University of Oregon
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Rochester
• University of Tennessee
• University of Toronto
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin
• Vanderbilt University