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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on Public Access to Federally Funded Research
On February 19, 2020, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued “Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting from Federally Funded...
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Libraries Are Leading Advocates Shaping and Influencing Greater Access to Information during COVID-19 Crisis
As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...
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National Science Foundation Funds Library and Higher Education Associations to Host Conference on Implementing Effective Data Practices
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the California Digital Library (CDL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) will jointly convene an...
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Public Access to Federally Funded Research and Government Information
Numerous federal statutes, executive orders, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars provide agencies with guidance concerning the creation, collection, maintenance, dissemination, and preservation of government information. Ensuring effective...
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AAU-APLU Working Group Discusses Public Access to Research Data at CNI Meeting—Video Online
Representatives of the Association of American Universities (AAU)–Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Public Access Working Group reported on an October 2018 workshop at the Coalition for Networked Information...
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Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposed EPA Rule
On August 15, 2018, Prudence Adler, Associate Executive Director, sent a letter on behalf of the Association to interim EPA director Andrew Wheeler, opposing the proposed rule "Strengthening Transparency in...
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NEH for All Highlights Impact of Humanities Projects across United States
In conjunction with Humanities Advocacy Day 2018, the National Humanities Alliance has refreshed the NEH for All website demonstrating the impact of the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) across the...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—May 2017
An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from January 27, 2017, through May 19, 2017,...
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Gary Price Interviews Judy Ruttenberg about SHARE for Open Access in Action Series
Library Journal's Open Access in Action series released on June 30, 2016, a video interview of Judy Ruttenberg, Association of Research Libraries program director for SHARE, talking with Gary Price, editor of...
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Research Library Associations Endorse Open Data Accord
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA)—a global coalition of major research and academic library associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States—recognizes the importance of working towards...