Council of Australian University Librarians


The Council of Australian University Librarians is a representation body for Australia's thirty-nine university librarians. 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 Universities Australia.
CAUL is engaged in a wide range of activities to support it aims. These include:
has worked to provide access to Australian higher degree theses, both electronic and otherwise, which are searchable via the Trove service of the National Library of Australia.
CAUL maintains close working relationships with the Australian Department of Education, Department of Industry, the Australian Research Council. the National Health and Medical Research Council, Universities Australia, the Australian National Data Service and other relevant bodies in order to accomplish its mission.
The organisation's office is in the Chifley Building at the Australian National University in Canberra.
In February 2019, CAUL officially became an incorporated association.