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Current Issues

• The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper (Excerpts)
  by Raym Crow, SPARC Senior Consultant

• Partnering for Improved Access to Agricultural Information: The Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) Initiative
  by Melanie Gardner, National Agricultural Library; Jean Gilbertson, University of Wisconsin; Barbara Hutchinson, University of Arizona; Tim Lynch, Cornell University; Janet McCue, Cornell University; and Amy Paster, Pennsylvania State University

New Measures Initiative

• Service Quality Evaluation Academy Is a Success
  by Consuella Askew Waller, ARL LibQUAL+TM Program Specialist

Diversity

• ARL Announces 2002 Stipend Recipients for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce
  by DeEtta Jones, Director, ARL/OLMS Organizational Learning Services

• ARL Congratulates New Century Class on completion of LCD Program
  by DeEtta Jones, Director, ARL/OLMS Organizational Learning Services

ARL Activities

• ARL May Membership Meeting Focuses on Fundraising and Recruitment
  by Judith Matz, Communications Officer

• University of Louisville Joins ARL
  by Judith Matz, Communications Officer

• ARL Publishes Fundraising Case Studies

• Upcoming ARL/OLMS Symposium Focuses on Recruitment