2021

• Library Impact Research Report: Understanding and Communicating Research Impact: The Needs of STEM and Health Sciences Faculty and Postdoctoral Researchers

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Washington (UW) Libraries explored UW faculty and postdoctoral researcher needs for understanding and communicating the impact of their work,...

• ARL Member Representatives Retiring or Stepping Down Fall 2021

  This document contains interviews or bios of the three ARL member representatives—Arnold Hirshon, Brenda Johnson, and Mary Ann Mavrinac—who will be retiring or stepping down in fall 2021. ARL Member...

• Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far

  The final deliverable of the ARL, CNI, and EDUCAUSE joint initiative to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies, this report returns to 11 participants in...

• Library Impact Practice Brief: Library Outreach Assessment

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Washington (UW) Odegaard Library’s Undergraduate Student Success Team designed an assessment framework for outreach to undergraduates. This practice brief...

• Library Impact Practice Brief: Relationship between Library Collections and the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty at UT Austin

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, The University of Texas (UT) at Austin Libraries conducted a study to examine the impact of library collections on the recruitment...

• ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services: Final Report

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services formed in 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate and commit...

• Library Impact Practice Brief: Freshman Fellows: Implementing and Assessing a First-Year Primary-Source Research Program

  This practice brief describes the assessment project undertaken by the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University as part of the library’s participation in ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative to address...

• Issue Brief: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Research Library Perspectives

  The 117th US Congress is holding hearings and debating bills on changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), a 1996 law that protects internet service providers and...

• Issue Brief: New US Federal Compliance Rules for Sensitive Information

  A number of US federal agencies, particularly the Department of Defense, are moving towards requiring cybersecurity certifications or assessments with potentially significant implications for the higher education research enterprise. The...

• ARL Member Representatives Retiring or Stepping Down in Spring/Summer 2021

  Seven ARL member representatives will be retiring or stepping down in spring or summer 2021. Interviews and bios are included in this PDF. ARL Member Representatives Retiring or Stepping Down...

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