Libraries Memberships and Partnerships
The University of Washington Libraries participates in a wide variety of organizations, consortia, and alliances. Through these myriad groups, the Libraries leverages its resources, expands access to the world's information, and creates extra benefit for its community of users. Following is a selected list of memberships and partnerships.
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
- Coalition of Networked Information (CNI)
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
- Digital Library Federation (DLF)
- Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA)
- Medical Library Association (MLA)
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
- National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM)
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
- Orbis Cascade Alliance
- Program for Cooperative Cataloging
- Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance (PRDLA)
- Special Libraries Association (SLA)
- Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
- Washington Libraries Association (WLA)