Membership Requirements
The PRRLA Steering Committee has endorsed a policy of incremental growth. Here are the criteria for membership and the process for joining:
Criteria:
- Be a Pacific Rim research library from research-intensive universities.
- Interest and demonstrated involvement in cooperative ventures among academic research libraries located around the Pacific Rim to improve access to scholarly research materials.
- Have the capacity and dedicated expertise to contribute to Pacific Rim studies.
- Demonstrate engagement in developing digital Pacific Rim collections.
- Provide high quality collections, resources, and services that support research, academic excellence, and innovation for their higher education institutions.
- Have a strong global orientation and interest in collaboration and information sharing.
Process:
- nominations of new members (or requests to become a new member) are submitted to the Chair of the PRRLA Secretariat to be vetted by Steering Committee
- nominations/applications should address the above membership criteria
- PRRLA is affiliate with APRU–so APRU member libraries (who are not already PRRLA members) are welcome to join by submitting a request to join using the above process.
Annual dues are US$1500 per institution*. The primary benefit of PRRLA membership is attendance at the annual membership meeting and interaction with other PRRLA members. To this end, membership dues are used to fully fund the meeting, for two representatives from each PRRLA member organization, including the costs of meals, entertainment, and excursions.
*If members do not pay their dues by the end of November, they will be removed from the mailing list.