2024

• The ARL/CNI 2035 Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures in the Research Environment

  Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have the potential to disrupt the research environment significantly. There is an immediate need for members of the research environment to...

• Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence

  Articulating a set of research library guiding principles for AI is useful to influence policy and advocate for the responsible development and deployment of AI technologies, promote ethical and transparent...

• Evolving AI Strategies in Libraries: Insights from Two Polls of ARL Member Representatives over Nine Months

  The onset of new, more accessible, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies marks a significant turning point for libraries, ushering in a period rich with both unparalleled opportunities and complex challenges. In...

• Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle

  Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle examines research data management and sharing practices at six research-intensive academic institutions: Cornell...

• The Real Truth about the “Pro Codes” Act

  The Copyright Alliance has distributed a document entitled The Truth about the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631/S. 835). This is a response to the false assertions made in that document....

• ARL/CARL Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation: Final Report

  This report published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) summarizes recommendations for libraries in each of the areas explored by the ARL/CARL...

• Making Research Data Publicly Accessible: Estimates of Institutional & Researcher Expenses

  Academic institutions have made significant investments to support public access to research data requirements, yet little to no data about these services, infrastructure, and costs currently exist or are widely...

• Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Methodology 2022–2023 Surveys and Interviews

  This report describes the methodology of research conducted during the first stage of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), from...

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