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 CARL's
PURPOSE, as stated in its constitution, is ". . . to provide opportunities
for the professional growth of its members by conducting workshops and arranging
programs; to encourage the exchange of ideas and information relating to
library cooperation and development; to disseminate educational information
oriented to those working in academic and research libraries; and to support
and, when appropriate, participate in programs of other regional and local
organizations in California in order to promote and improve library service
to the academic and research community."
Membership
is open to ". . . any person interested in academic or research librarianship
or in academic or research libraries in California. Dues are nominal
($10-$30). CARL is affiliated with the Association of College and
Research Libraries as an official chapter, and participates in ACRL through
Chapters Council. Except for certain officers, however, CARL members
need not be members of ACRL. In 1995, about 425 of the approximately
1,000 ACRL members in California chose to join CARL.
CARL is registered as a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization with the Internal
Revenue Service, but is not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation.
It has a membership of about 700, and an annual budget of about $20,000.
CARL has no office or paid staff.
CARL
was organized in its present form in 1978 and 1979, when the existing Chapter
of Academic and Research Libraries of the California Library Association
merged with the recently-formed ACRL Chapters in California to form a single
organization affiliated with both ACRL and CLA. CARL became an independent
organization in 1992, after the California Library Association changed its
organizational structure and rules to require that all members of constituent
groups be members of CLA. Since the majority of CARL members were
not members of CLA and did not want to be required to join CLA, they voted
to become an independent organization.
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