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ARL Sponsors Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP)

ARL today joined major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust, and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognizes the use of scientific research, published through open access, that has led to innovations in any field that benefits society.

Terms:Open Access, Open Scholarship

Expanded Public Access to Federally Funded Research: AAU, APLU, ARL Issue Call to Action

white-house image © Tom LohdanToday the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on the research university community to provide input to the US Government for increasing access to the results of federally funded research.

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies

Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges

On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on the research university community to provide input to the US Government for increasing access to the results of federally funded research.

pdf expanded-public-access-a-new-era-with-new-challenges-15apr13.pdf

Terms:2013, Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, David E. Shulenburger, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Publications, Statement, Text

Research Library Issues, no. 280 (Sept. 2012): Pre-pub of "Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries"

RLI issue 280: Pre-pub of "Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries"

Terms:2012, New Models, Open Access, Publications, Research Library Issues, Scholarly Communication, Text

Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: ARL Releases Pre-Pub from RLI 280

bookstore in amsterdam image © MorBCNARL has released a pre-publication version of an article on “Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries,” which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280.

Terms:New Models, Open Access, Scholarly Communication

ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research

white-house image © Tom Lohdan Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically important action. The memorandum calls upon federal agencies with annual research and development budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with free and unlimited online access to the results of that research.

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies

Report of the ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities (Nov. 2, 2012)

Research libraries have a responsibility to make library collections and services universally accessible to their patrons. And as research libraries provide more content electronically to students, faculty members, researchers, and others, the role of libraries and other partners in their institutions and beyond is changing in the provision of information resources and services to patrons with disabilities.

pdf print-disabilities-tfreport02nov12.pdf

Terms:2012, Accessibility, Copyright, Library Services, Open Access, Publications, Report, Text

Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Advancing the Science of Population Health and Aging through Open Access Interdisciplinary Research

Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.

pdf mm12sp-raina.pdf

Terms:2012, ARL Membership Meeting, E-Science, Open Access, Open Scholarship, Parminder Raina, Proceedings, Publications, Slide

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