ARL regularly collaborates with members of the library, education, and information technology communities. This list of partners highlights projects or organizations founded in collaboration with others in order to pursue a specific mission or objective. In addition, ARL has working relationships with a wide range of organizations nationally and internationally.

Partners

• Association of American Universities (AAU)
• Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
• Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
• Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
• Digital Future Coalition (DFC)
• EDUCAUSE
• National Humanities Alliance (NHA)
• Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)
• SPARC/SPARC Europe

Working Relationships

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
• American Association of Museums (AAM)
• American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
• American Historical Association (AHA)
• American Library Association (ALA)
• American Library Association - Washington Office
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS)
• Association of Academic Health Science Libraries (AAHSL)
• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
• Association of American University Presses (AAUP)
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
• Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA)
• Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
• Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
• Council of New Zealand University Libraries (CONZUL)
• Consortium of Research Libraries in the British Isles (CURL)
• Higher Education Information Technology Alliance (HEIT Alliance)
• Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• The Joint Information System Committee (JISC) (UK)
• Medical Library Association (MLA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
• U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)
• National Information Standards Organzation (NISO)
• Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
• Research Libraries Group (RLG)
• Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
• Special Libraries Association (SLA)
• Urban Libraries Council (ULC)
• Washington Higher Education Secretaries (ACE and other presidential associations)