5 Association of Research Libraries Research Library Issues 295 — 2018 emerging needs of their organizations and addressing disparities in the profession as a whole. © 2018 Steven Mandeville-Gamble This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. To cite this article: Steven Mandeville-Gamble. “Demographic Trends in the ARL Library Professional Population: An Overview.” Research Library Issues, no. 295 (2018): 3–5. https://doi.org/10.29242/rli.295.1.