ABSTRACT
As the largest division of the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is a national organization of academic and research libraries and librarians. The ACRL represents librarians working with all types of academic libraries—community and junior college, college, and university—as well as comprehensive and specialized research libraries and their professional staffs. Founded in 1890 as the College Library Section, this ALA division has a long history of working toward the improvement of services in academic libraries. After highlighting the accomplishments of the division, the authors discuss its current structure and key concerns.
