We encourage you to attend the Fall Forum on Thursday, September 26. This year’s ARL-CNI Fall Forum is designed to be a stimulating day of learning and engagement focused on the theme of Research Libraries as Catalytic Leaders in a Society in Constant Flux. The goal of the forum is to help us understand what research libraries are doing as catalytic leaders now and to discuss and recommend what more we need to do to contribute to our institutions, the research and learning ecosystem, and society. The opening keynote speaker will be the futurist Jaron Lanier, whose latest book is entitled Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.

We hope you will find new knowledge to take back with you to your institution. The program schedule is now available on the Fall Forum website and will be updated regularly as details are confirmed.

September 3, 2019, is the deadline to register online for the Fall Forum. The registration fee is $300 for staff from ARL and CNI member institutions.

ARL has a guest room block at the Washington Marriott Georgetown, located at 1221 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC. The rate is $309 per night plus taxes and fees. The deadline for room reservation is September 3, 2019. As the block can fill up before that date, making a reservation as soon as possible is advised. Please make your hotel reservations by using the Marriott’s online portal.

If you have any questions about arrangements for either of these meetings, please contact Amy Bulgrien, assistant director of program coordination, amyb@arl.org. If you have any questions about the programs, please contact Sue Baughman, deputy executive director, sue@arl.org.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in Canada and the US whose mission is to advance research, learning, and scholarly communication. The Association fosters the open exchange of ideas and expertise, promotes equity and diversity, and pursues advocacy and public policy efforts that reflect the values of the library, scholarly, and higher education communities. ARL forges partnerships and catalyzes the collective efforts of research libraries to enable knowledge creation and to achieve enduring and barrier-free access to information. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.