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ARL Seeks Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) seeks a passionate and experienced individual with a proven record of effectively working with senior and executive leaders to help ensure the quality and...
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Partnering Across the Research Enterprise in These Times
More than 30 senior library leaders gathered on April 28 at the ARL Spring Meeting in Minneapolis to discuss partnerships with research offices and other units supporting the institutional research...
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Seven Takeaways from the Spring 2025 Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the end of April. Attended by the member representatives of its 125 member libraries and invited guests and speakers,...
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Watch Our Made By Us “Civic Season” Video, Join the Movement
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has engaged with the Made by Us initiative, a network of hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives that aim to become the...
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Letter Opposing Pro Codes Act
On May 16, 2025, ARL signed on to a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees opposing the Pro Codes Act, arguing that it would inappropriately grant copyright protection...
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The Importance of the European Accessibility Act to Canada and the United States
Recently I was asked to introduce and facilitate a session on web accessibility and repositories for accessible scholarly works. As I prepared for the session the focus was slightly revised...
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Canadian and US Research Libraries Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are taking the opportunity of the 14th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) to encourage libraries...
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Repositories of Accessible Scholarly Materials
This table includes descriptions of repositories of remediated and born-accessible materials that are available in the US, Canada, or both. While creating and sharing accessible copies of copyrighted materials is...
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ARL Supports Senator Wyden’s Call for FTC Action on Digital Ownership Rights
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined a letter by Public Knowledge supporting US Senator Ron Wyden's February 25, 2025, request for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) intervention to protect consumer...
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ARL Congratulates Member Institutions Represented in IFLA Governing Roles
ARL member institutions are well represented in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2025 election results. Eight employees of ARL member institutions and one ARL staff member...
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