Article 2. Objectives
ARTICLE II. OBJECTIVES
SECTION 1. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
The Association which represents the librarians in institutions supporting scholarly research and/or formal education on the collegiate level and above shall have the following objectives:
a. To promote equitable access to and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and community service;
b. To articulate the concerns of academic and research libraries and their institutions, and influence information policy development affecting the future of academic and research libraries;
c. To develop best practices and standards for the improvement of these types of library service and librarianship;
d. To develop a corps of professional librarians and information specialists in academic and research institutions; and,
e. To cooperate with other organizations of similar aims.