Association of Research Libraries records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11000
Subjects: National libraries; Agricultural libraries; Higher Education; National Agricultural Library (U.S.); Newspapers on microfilm; Medical libraries; Library catalogs; Libraries; Library of Congress; Acquisition of foreign publications; Farmington Plan; Research libraries; Special libraries; Academic libraries; Research; Cooperative acquisition of library materials; Public libraries; National Library of Medicine (U.S.); Societies
Other titles: Public Law 480 program.
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, financial records, printed matter, and other records relating to the association's membership and its assessment and evaluation projects and services on behalf of client institutions.  Documents projects administered by the association including the Farmington Plan, Public Law 480 program, Foreign Newspaper Microfilm Project, and publication of the first Library of Congress catalog initiated and sponsored by the association.
Notes: Open to research.

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Gift, Association of Research Libraries, 1974-1982.

Association formed in 1932 for the purpose of improving the collections and services of its member libraries in support of higher education and research.  Consists of large university libraries; research libraries in the United States and Canada, including the three national libraries of the United States: the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine; and public and special libraries with large research collections.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.