Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) Online

The Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL) was a continuing education program for academic and research librarians designed to create a growing community of confident librarian-researchers. The year-long program began with a summer research workshop, to provide novice researchers with social science research training, followed by a year of peer and formal mentor support in completing a research project of their design. 

The summer research workshop was delivered as an in-person experience from 2014-2019, shifting to an online format from 2022-2024. The program was offered at no cost to participants and was open to librarians in the United States and Canada in full-time positions; librarians in a full-time residency were eligible to apply.

The 2024 summer research workshop will be offered from May 27–June 7.