| 1. | The Center for Research Libraries | | | An international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities and libraries that provides scholarly research resources to users everywhere. Governed by the major research libraries of North America, CRL is funded by fees, grants and contributions. wwwcrl.uchicago.edu |
| 2. | Association of Research Libraries | | | A not-for-profit membership organization for libraries of North American research institutions and operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and as an agent for collective action. www.arl.org |
| 3. | Research Libraries Group | | | A not-for-profit membership corporation of institutions devoted to improving access to information that supports research and learning. www.rlg.org |
| 4. | American Council of Learned Societies | | | A private non-profit federation of national scholarly organizations which promote the advancement of humanistic studies. Member of the Research Library Group (RLG). www.acls.org |
| 5. | Association of American Universities | | | Founded in 1900. An organization which assists universities in the United States and Canada develop national policy positions on issues that relate to academic research and graduate and professional education. The site provides a discussion forum for these and related issues, a list of member institutions, links to association library facilities, and links to other research organizations and resources. www.aau.edu |
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