The conference goal was to build and further a vibrant library assessment community by bringing together interested practitioners and researchers who had responsibility or interest in the broad field of library assessment. The conference provided a mix of invited speakers, contributed papers and posters, and workshops that stimulated discussion and provided workable ideas for effective, practical, and sustainable library assessment. This biennial conference built on the success of each prior conference. Conferences were held in Charlottesville, Virginia (2006, 2012); Seattle, Washington (2008, 2014); Baltimore, Maryland (2010); Arlington, Virginia (2016), Houston, Texas (2018), virtually (2020–2021 and 2022), and Portland, Oregon (2024).
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For more information about this conference or any ARL events, please email events@arl.org.
Past Conferences
Proceedings and schedules are available for all past conferences, from 2006 to 2024.
Conference Hosts
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
The University of Washington (UW) Libraries, located in Seattle, is the largest library in the Pacific Northwest. The UW Libraries is well-known for its innovative programs and services in assessment, organizational development, user spaces, and institutional collaboration. Its print and digital collections support world-class research and scholarship in such areas as health sciences, environmental sciences, area and language studies, and the Pacific Northwest. UW Libraries is on the web at http://www.lib.washington.edu/.