February 27, 2004

Stanford Quits Research-Library Group, Calling It Ineffective

By SCOTT CARLSON

Stanford University has dropped out of the Association of Research Libraries, a prominent advocacy group for college and university libraries. Stanford officials said they were disappointed with the association's achievements, mission, and management.

Michael A. Keller, the university's librarian, said in a written statement that membership in the association was not worth the $20,000 Stanford paid every year. "The bottom line is that we no longer saw a return on Stanford's continuing

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