Council of Australian University Librarians

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Council of Australian University Librarians

Type	unincorporated
Founded	1965
Headquarters	Canberra, Australia
Key people	Evelyn Woodberry, President
Website	http://www.caul.edu.au/

The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) is a representation body university libraries of Australia. It was established as the Committee of Australian University Librarians in 1965.

Membership is restricted to library directors whose parent institutions are full members of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee.

The organisations office is located in the Chifley Building, Australian National University.

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Australian Digital Theses
University Library Australia, the national borrowing scheme for Australian university students and staff;
cooperative provision of access to electronic journals & databases
CAUL Information Literacy Standards and information literacy measurement
Australian Library Collections Task Force
Submissions to Australian Government inquiries[1]
contribution to the enhancement of scholarly publishing through Association of Research Libraries' Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition,[2] and the National Academies Forum National Scholarly Communication Forum
liaison with major international and national organisations
- CONZUL
- CAUDIT
- ACODE
- CURL
- ARL
- SCONUL
- CARL
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL)
- National Library of Australia.