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ARL Awarded Sloan Grant to Help Preserve Software, Save Cultural Record, Advance Discovery
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a $315,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and disseminate a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use...
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ARL Fellows for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Selected for 2017–2018
The ARL Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Selection Committee has chosen 11 undergraduates at ARL member institutions to participate in the inaugural Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence cohort....
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Webinar—Diversity and Inclusion (SPEC Kit 356)
SPEC Kit 356, Diversity and Inclusion, explores how ARL member library diversity plans have changed since 2010. The Diversity and Inclusion webinar reviewed survey findings reported by ARL member libraries...
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NC State University Libraries Shift Diversity Training to Focus on Dismantling Systemic Racism
by Jennifer Garrett, Director, Talent Management, NC State University Libraries Contemporary diversity training often addresses prejudicial mindsets, unconscious bias, and “whiteness” as a normative frame. While these experiences are valuable,...
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Virginia Commonwealth University to Become 125th Member of ARL
VCU James Branch Cabell Library, image by Robert Benson, courtesy of VCU Libraries At its Fall 2017 Association Meeting held October 3–4 in Washington, DC, the membership of the Association...
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Simon Fraser University to Become 124th Member of ARL
SFU Vancouver Campus Library, image courtesy of SFU Library At its Fall 2017 Association Meeting held October 3–4 in Washington, DC, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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Change Makers Build More Inclusive Environment at Northwestern University
Change Makers is a campus program using intergroup dialogue and change management skills to create a more inclusive community. Collaborating across the Northwestern University campus, 280 faculty and staff—including 10%...
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ARL Board of Directors 2017–2018 Elected by ARL Membership
Mary Ann Mavrinac Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, began a one-year term as president of...
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Stanley Wilder Analyzes Hiring Trends in ARL Workforce: Second Article in Series
The second in a series of articles by Stanley Wilder, dean of libraries at Louisiana State University, examines hiring and staffing among staff in ARL member libraries over the past...
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Hiring and Staffing Trends in ARL Libraries
“Hiring and Staffing Trends in ARL Libraries” is the second in a series of articles by Stanley Wilder to be published by ARL. The series, Workforce Trends in Research Libraries,...