- To encourage and promote the collection, organization and dissemination of information on research and academic library work;
- To develop the usefulness and efficiency of these types of library service and librarianship;
- To enhance the professional welfare and mutual aide among its members; and
- To cooperate with other organizations of similar aims.
Specific Objectives
- To promote equitable access to and effective use of recorded knowledge in support of teaching, research, scholarship, and community service;
- 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;
- To develop best practices and standards for the improvement of these types of library service and librarianship;
- To develop a corps of professional librarians and information specialists in academic and research institutions; and,
- To cooperate with other organizations of similar aims.