Journals and Magazines

The official bimonthly journal of ACRL featuring scholarly research in academic librarianship. All articles from 1939 to the present are freely available online.

Monthly newsmagazine, featuring articles on the latest trends and practices affecting academic and research libraries and the official news of ACRL. Most articles from 1967 to the present are freely available online.

ACRL’s open access journal covering issues pertaining to special collections libraries and cultural heritage institutions, published twice a year. All issues are freely available online.

Reviews significant current books and electronic media of interest to those in higher education and is the leading review source for academic and research libraries.

Advertising Information

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ACRL accepts product advertising in the online-only scholarly research journal College & Research Libraries (C&RL), online-only monthly news and best practices magazine College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News), and biannual special collections and cultural heritage journal RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, available both in print and online.

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