Vision
ARL's 2033 vision: shifting research libraries from knowledge service providers to active collaborative partners.
Role
Librarian-scholars advance from supporting roles to become specialists, equal co-PIs, and research leaders.
To Cultivate Collaborative Library Scholars
A free 10-unit online Research Methods course, librarian-scholar career workshops, guided grant-writing workshops, and small-group mentoring.
Seed grants ($5,000–$10,000) pairing library staff and campus faculty as equal co-PIs on collaborative research projects, awarded via a lottery model.
Flexible research leave and buyouts (up to 3 months) for selected fellows to focus on research and produce scholarly work.
This project is a collaborative effort between Virginia Tech, University of North Texas, University of Colorado Boulder, Los Alamos National Lab, and University of California Riverside, funded by IMLS (RE-254915-OLS-23).
