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Letter to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on the Nomination of Robert C. Tapella
On November 26, 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) wrote to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration in support of the nomination of Robert C. Tapella as the...
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Comments to NARA to Reconsider the DOI Records Retention Schedule
On November 26, 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted comments to urge the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to reconsider the proposed Department of Interior records retention schedule (DAA-0048-2015-...
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Library Management Skills Institutes in Florida and Texas Open for Registration
Are you a research library supervisor, department head, team or project leader, or manager interested in developing your awareness, skills, and confidence as a leader and manager? The ARL Academy,...
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ARL, Wikimedia, and Linked Open Data: Draft White Paper Open for Comments through November 30
In June 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) charged a task force to look at Wikidata. The task force emerged from several years of discussion between ARL and the...
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ARL Celebrates National GIS Day, Passage of Geospatial Data Act
In a bipartisan resolution led by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), who oversaw the recent passage of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018, the United States...
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ARL Files Comments in NTIA Request for Comment on Consumer Privacy
On Friday, November 9, ARL filed comments responding to National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) request for comment on "Developing the Administration's Approach to Consumer Privacy." In the submitted comments,...
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Research Library Impact Framework Initiative and Pilots
ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative was established in 2019 with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and extends the recommendations developed by the Assessment...
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Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy
ARL submitted comments responding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Docket No. 180821780-8780-01. NTIA_privacy_220CT2018.pdf
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Library Assessment Career Achievement Award Winners Selected for 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington (UW) Libraries, and the Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee have selected three recipients for the 2018 Library Assessment Career Achievement...
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ARL Affirms Support of Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its members stand with the American Library Association (ALA) and its Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) in opposing proposed changes...