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ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Discipline-Specific Models and Costs for Public Access to Research Data
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop...
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Association of Research Libraries Welcomes Increased Investment in Research and Data Sharing in Reauthorization of National Science Foundation
Progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of public investment in basic scientific research and rapid sharing of data. The pandemic has also deepened existing inequality in...
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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As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...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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