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Library Management Skills Institute II: The Organization (Invitation Only)
The Library Management Skills Institute II: The Organization, offered by the ARL Academy in partnership with DeEtta Jones and Associates, and co-hosted by the University of California, Berkeley Library and the...
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Net Neutrality Highlighted in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) explores the implications of the US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) reversal of its Open Internet Order, with a focus on research libraries...
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Letter to Committee on Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act
On April 5, 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) signed a letter in support of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, HR 4631, to the Committee on House...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—April 2018
An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from February 22 through April 20, 2018, by...
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ARL Digital Scholarship Institute at Indiana University: Apply by May 18 for July 30–August 3, 2018
The ARL Academy is accepting applications for the third iteration of the ARL Digital Scholarship Institute, with a deadline of Friday, May 18, 2018. The Digital Scholarship Institute is a...
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Hearing on the Marrakesh Treaty for Persons With Print Disabilities
On March 15, 2018, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) was introduced in the US Senate by Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA), Foreign Relations Committee...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline May 29, 2018
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime Association of Research Libraries (ARL) staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL established in 2015 the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship. The scholarship...
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Travel Award Recipients Selected for Symposium for Strategic Leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) are awarding 11 scholarships for academic and research library workers to attend the Symposium for...
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Data Management, Access, & Sharing
Researchers who generate data face a myriad of funder and publisher policies and community norms regarding the management of that data for sharing, public access, and reuse. Internationally, FAIR—Findable, Accessible,...
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Libraries Welcome House Administration Committee Approval of FDLP Modernization Act
National library associations praised the Committee on House Administration’s approval of the FDLP Modernization Act (H.R. 5305) today. The bipartisan bill would update and strengthen the Federal Depository Library Program...