Standards & Guidelines
ACRL is the source that the higher education community looks to for standards and guidelines on academic libraries.ACRL promulgates standards and guidelines to help libraries, academic institutions, and accrediting agencies understand the components of an excellent library. These standards, guidelines, and model statements are reviewed and updated by the membership on a regular basis.
A listing of ACRL standards and guidelines by topic area is below. An alphabetical listing is also available. For other ACRL Board-approved documents that are not Standards & Guidelines, go to White Papers & Reports.
Access
ALA-SAA Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials (Feb. 1994)
Guidelines for the Preparation of Policies on Library Access (Dec. 1992)
Originally prepared by the ACRL Access Policy Guidelines Task Force December, 1992, these Guidelines were rescinded on October 27, 2006 at the Executive Committee meeting in Chicago. They have been superseded by the 2005 ALA Guidelines, available here.
College and University Libraries
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (June 2004)
Greek Translation (PDF)
Guidelines for University Library Services to Undergraduate Students (June 2005)
Community, Junior and Technical College Libraries
Standards for Libraries in Higher Education (June 2004)
Education, Personnel, and Academic Status
Guidelines for Academic Status for College and University Librarians (January 2007)
Statement on the Certification & Licensing of Academic Librarians (June 2007)
Guideline on Collective Bargaining (Jan. 2001)
A Guideline for the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Academic Librarians (June 2005)
Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians (June 2007)
Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians (June 2007)
A Guideline for the Screening & Appointment of Academic Librarians Using a Search Committee (2004)
Statement on the,Terminal Professional Degree for Academic Librarians (June 2007)
Information Literacy and Instruction
Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators, Standards for (June 2007)
Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology (June 2006)
Information Literacy Standards for Anthropology and Sociology Students (January 2008)
Research Competency Guidelines for Literatures in English (June 2007)
Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline
Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians (Jan. 2001)
Greek translation (PDF)
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Jan. 2000)
PDF
Spanish Translation
Greek Translation (PDF)
French Translation (PDF)
Chinese Translation (PDF)
Japanese Translation (PDF)
Farsi Translation (PDF)
Italian Translation
Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries (June 2003)
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Special Collections, and Archives
Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials for Exhibition (January 2005)
Guidelines for the Interlibrary Loan of Rare and Unique Materials (June 2004)
Guidelines for the Security of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections (January 2006)
Guidelines on the Selection and Transfer of Materials from General Collections to Special Collections, DRAFT REVISION (February 2007)
Guidelines on the Selection of General Collection Materials for Transfer to Special Collections, 2nd edition (Feb. 1994, Revised 1999)
Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries (January 2003)
Special Topics
Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers (January 2003)
Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services (June 2004)
Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries (January 2006)
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