1. Ensure that there are efforts underway for an official authorization from OMB (appropriations) or Congress (legislation) for a federal level data collection for academic libraries;
  2. Support a State of the Libraries National Study;
  3. Ensure NCES and IMLS staff are represented in the ACRL/ALA/ARL Joint Advisory Task Force on IPEDS Academic Libraries Component Definitions.

The views here are the author’s (Martha Kyrillidou) and do not represent the views of any other organization.