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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> acrl-aia-participants-request@lists.ala.org [mailto:acrl-aia-participants-request@lists.ala.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kara Malenfant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 09, 2018 1:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> acrl-aia-participants@lists.ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [acrl-aia-participants] 2018 Academic Library Impact Research Grants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>2018 Academic Library Impact Research Grants<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/2018-academic-library-impact-research-grants">http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2018/01/2018-academic-library-impact-research-grants</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">For Immediate Release<br>
Tue, 01/09/2018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Contact:
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<p class="contact-name" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Sara Goek<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="contact-job-title" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and ACRL Program Manager
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<p class="contact-unit" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">ACRL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="contact-email" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="mailto:sgoek@ala.org">sgoek@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="contact-email" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">CHICAGO - The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is pleased to announce the launch of the new Academic Library Impact Research Grants. The ACRL Board of Directors has allocated $20,000 in fiscal
year 2018 to offer research grants of up to $3,000 each. These grants will enable librarians to carry out new research, particularly in areas suggested by
<a href="http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/14456">ACRL’s 2017 report</a> "Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research" (prepared for ACRL by OCLC Research and available for
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/academiclib.pdf">
download</a> or <a href="http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=12258">purchase</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">ACRL invites practicing librarians and information professionals employed in academic and research libraries to apply for funding for research that will demonstrate library contributions to student learning and success.
Each proposed project should aim to build on the foundations of the "Academic Library Impact" report and fill gaps in existing literature. As the report’s authors write, it is intended to act “as a catalyst for the study of college and university student learning
and success,” highlighting questions for further investigation as well as tools and methods that can be applied to them or any number of related topics.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">This program is one of several developed by ACRL’s
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/committees/acr-val">
Value of Academic Libraries (VAL) Committee</a> to support librarians in their efforts to demonstrate the impact of their work to a wider audience. “These new grants will advance research in key areas,” says committee chair Alan Carbery. The goal is to “demonstrate
the myriad positive impacts libraries can have on student learning and success, and to share those findings to the benefit of the library field and higher education.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Applications are due by April 1, 2018. ACRL expects to announce future rounds of research grants in 2019. Complete details of the Academic Library Impact Research Grants, including how to apply, are
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/impactgrants">available on the ACRL website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">#<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is the higher education association for librarians. Representing more than 10,500 academic and research librarians and interested individuals, ACRL (a division
of the American Library Association) develops programs, products and services to help academic and research librarians learn, innovate and lead within the academic community. Founded in 1940, ACRL is committed to advancing learning and transforming scholarship. ACRL is
on the web at <a href="http://www.acrl.org/">acrl.org</a>, Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ala.acrl">facebook.com/ala.acrl</a> and Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/ALA_ACRL">@ala_acrl</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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