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

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