National Agricultural Library Annual Institutional Membership Dues

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) intends to issue an award to the Association of Research Libraries on a sole source basis for annual institutional membership dues. The NAL is a major research library in the United States, and this membership will provide access to publications, reports, training services, and membership meetings. The anticipated period of performance is for one year. • The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries at comprehensive, research institutions in the US and Canada. • The ARL conducts a program of identification and member education on a wide range of topics related to information policy and the activities of research libraries. • The ARL gathers statistics on the activities of its members and develops benchmarking and quantitative research tools on library operations. • The association publishes regular reports on trending topics in information policy as well as annual statistical reports.