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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...
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SPEC Kit 361: Outreach and Engagement (November 2018)
This SPEC Kit captures a snapshot of how ARL member libraries are defining their outreach and engagement programs, how they are assigning and structuring responsibilities, and how they are measuring...
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ARL Seeks Director of Research and Analytics—Apply by December 14, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional interested in leading the Association’s institutional and organizational effectiveness program to meet the needs and interests...
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Report from AAU-APLU Workshop on Accelerating Access to Research Data
*This is a guest blog post by Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director of ARL; Judy Ruttenberg, Program Director for Strategic Initiatives; and Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Head Digital Scholarship and Data Services, Penn...