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CARL—the Canadian Association of Research Libraries—is the leadership organization for the Canadian research library community. The Association’s members are the 29 major academic research libraries across Canada together with Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), and the Library of Parliament*.

CARL strives to enhance the capacity of member libraries to partner in research and higher education, and to seek effective and sustainable scholarly communication, and public policy encouraging of research and broad access to scholarly information.

Canadian Association of Research Libraries
350 Albert St., Suite 600
Ottawa ON Canada
K1R 1B1

613.482.9344
info [at] carl-abrc.ca
www.carl-abrc.ca

*Government-related institutions such as our national library members do not participate in any CARL advocacy or lobbying decision-making or activities that seek to influence parliamentarians or public service officials on matters of national policy.