ARL Awarded Sloan Grant to Help Preserve Software, Save Cultural Record, Advance Discovery
image CC-BY by raneko The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a $315,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and disseminate a Code of Best…
Open Source Software, SPEC Kit 340, Published by ARL
Open Source Software ARL has released Open Source Software, SPEC Kit 340, which investigates ARL member libraries’ adoption and/or development of open source software (OSS) for functions such as integrated…
SPEC Kit 340: Open Source Software (July 2014)
This SPEC Kit investigated ARL member libraries’ adoption and/or development of open source software (OSS) for functions such as ILS, discovery layer, electronic resource management, inter-library loan, digital asset management,…
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2024 Recap!
Last week, the library community celebrated the 11th annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! Fair use (in the US) and fair dealing (in Canada) are essential to copyright law, allowing the…
Day in Review (January 8–11)
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ARL Comments on NASA Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research
On March 28, 2023, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) released a request for information on “NASA’S Public Access Plan: Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research.” The Association…
Day in Review (July 17–20)
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