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ARL's Brandon Butler Discusses MOOCs, Copyright, and Libraries

brandon-butler-moocs-interview-at-dartmouthOn May 15, Brandon Butler, director of public policy initiatives at ARL, spoke about “MOOCs and the Copyright Challenge: Fair Use in the Balance” as part of the Leading Voices in Higher Education lecture series at Dartmouth College.

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ARL Releases RLI 280 on OERs, E-Book Licensing, Research Library Trends

RLI 280 coverARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280, which features articles on open educational resources (OERs) as an alternative to traditional textbooks, ARL's e-book licensing effort, and research library trends as shown by the ARL Statistics. A pre-publication ...Read more »

 

Harvard Appoints Sarah Thomas VP for Library

sarah-thomasSarah Thomas, image © Bodleian LibrariesSarah Thomas, Bodley's librarian and director of the Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford, has been appointed vice president for the Harvard Library, effective August ...Read more »

 

ARL, AAU, APLU Present Statements on Public Access to Data, Publications

white-houseimage © Tom LohdanThis week, the National Research Council (NRC) is hosting four days of discussion on the recent White House memo, “Increasing Access to the ...Read more »

 

U Michigan Appoints James Hilton Dean of Libraries

james-hiltonJames Hilton, image © University of VirginiaJames L. Hilton, vice president and CIO at University of Virginia, has been appointed dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Michigan (U-M), ...Read more »

 
 
 

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