Canadian Association of Research Libraries

Established	1976
President	Vivian Lewis , McMaster University
Address	309 Cooper Street, Suite 203, Ottawa, Ontario,  Canada , Ottawa , Canada
Website	www.carl-abrc.ca

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) was established in 1976 and brings together thirty-one research libraries. Twenty-nine members are university libraries, plus Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the National Research Council Canada National Science Library (NSL).^[1]

Mission and objectives

"CARL provides leadership on behalf of Canada's research libraries and enhances capacity to advance research and higher education. It promotes effective and sustainable knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation, and public policy that enables broad access to scholarly information."^[2]

Strategic Directions for May 2019 to May 2022:

• Advance Open Scholarship
• Ensure Enduring Access
• Strengthening Capacity
• Demonstrate Impact
• Influencing policy.^[3]

CARL members

CARL members include 29 university libraries and 2 federal libraries.

Participating university libraries:

Federal libraries:

• National Science Library
• Library and Archives Canada

Partnership and collaboration

CARL works with a number of other organizations, including:

• Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB)
• Association of Research Libraries (US)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)