The Council of Research and Academic Libraries is a consortium of libraries in the greater San Antonio area. The purpose of CORAL is to develop and strengthen library information resources and services in the greater San Antonio area through the development of cooperative programs in concert with each institution's responsibility for its own clientele; provision of a forum for librarians from member institutions to discuss important issues relevant to their posiitons; and promotion of inofrmation literacy in the greater San Antonio area, as well as in member institutions. (CORAL Bylaws Article 1, Section 2.)