Strategic Planning Efforts at ARL Libraries, Part 1
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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June 2nd, 2005 at 12:54 pm
The final version of Vanderbilt University Library’s strategic plan is available at http://staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/NEWS/strategicplan1.htm
It’s much better than the one linked from this list.