For more than 65 years, ASERL has been a trusted home for numerous innovative programs and events that provide tremendous benefit to our membership.
ASERL and its member libraries have long supported equitable access to information resources, and strive to build collections, services, and staffs that reflect the diverse nature of the communities we serve.
ASERL’s Special Collections Interest Group, established in 2017, brings together special collections professionals and libraries, in particular for improving access to rare and unique materials, developing shared digital collections, and expanding professional development.
Scholarly communications covers a broad range of activities, including the many different ways the results of scholarly research is organized and shared with others, the evolving role of copyright and fair use, and the drive to ‘open’ — the removal of fee-based barriers to information.
ASERL is a leader in developing innovative shared print library collections, via programs within our membership and through numerous partnerships. These programs undergird the durability of the scholarly record.
ASERL members provide priority, no-fee inter-library resource sharing services. Numerous options have recently emerged that allow patrons to have even faster, easier access to content held at another ASERL library.
Other Programs
- ASERL Collection Assessment Initiatives
- ASERL-WRLC Reciprocal ILL Agreement Participant Listing
- Cooperative Journal Retention
- Librarian Exchange Program: A Partnership Between ASERL & the HBCU Library Alliance
- Shaping The Future: ASERL’s Competencies For Research Librarians
- The Collaborative Federal Depository Program (CFDP): ASERL’s Plan for Managing FDLP Collections in the Southeast