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Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program 2017–2019 Fellows Selected
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program selection committee has accepted four master of library and information science (MLIS) students from historically underrepresented racial and...
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Drinking our own champagne: a toast to the success of LISSA!
*This is a guest blog post by Judy Ruttenberg,Program Director at the Association of Research Libraries and the co-director of SHARE. She serves on the SocArXiv Steering Committee and the...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline July 10, 2017
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime ARL staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL established in 2015 the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship, which supports the attendance of one...
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Fair Use Industries Contribute $2.8 Trillion to U.S. Economy
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released an updated report on Fair Use in U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use. The report notes that fair...
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Michigan State University Hosts ARL Diversity Scholars for Site Visit
The Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries and their director, Cliff Haka, hosted the 2016–2018 class of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) diversity scholars...
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University of Oklahoma Libraries Support Digital Scholarship: 16th Profile in ARL Series
The latest installment in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries features the work of the University of Oklahoma. The University of...
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Impression Products v. Lexmark International
On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, a case involving patent exhaustion. By an 7-1 margin, the Court...
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Temple University Libraries Support Digital Scholarship: 15th Profile in ARL Series
The latest installment in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries features the work of Temple University. The Temple profile, written by...
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ARL Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence 2017–2018 Call for Applications—Deadline July 13, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the 2017–2018 Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence, a program designed to introduce undergraduates from historically underrepresented ethnic and racial...