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Open Scholarship Early and Often: Register to Join This Community Conversation on March 22 at ACRL 2017
Register before February 27, 2017, for the latest Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Institute on Scholarly Communication event, “Open Scholarship Early and Often,” to...
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Will Congress Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a law from 1986 governing privacy for online communications and has long been in need of reform. For the last several years, Congress...
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Network Neutrality in the Cross Hairs
*Jointly authored by Larra Clark, Krista Cox and Kara Malenfant* It is widely reported that network neutrality is one of the most endangered telecommunications policy gains of the past two...
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Joseph D. Combs Jr. Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer for Accessibility
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Joseph (Jody) Dale Combs Jr. as a visiting program officer for accessibility to advance ARL’s captioning initiative, from January through June 2017....
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ARL/SAA Mosaic II Call for Applications—Deadline February 28
The second iteration of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program is now accepting applications for the 2017–2019 cohort. The program promotes much-needed diversification of...
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LibQUAL+ Seeks Applicants for In-Kind Grant Program 2017—Apply by January 31
The Association of Research Libraries will award up to three institutions in-kind grants to participate in the 2017 LibQUAL+ survey, with a goal of offering one grant for every 50...
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Future of the Print Record Working Group Calls for Comments on White Paper—Deadline January 31
What is the place of print in the digital age? That fundamental question, along with a thoughtful sequence of publications and conversations conducted over the past 20 years, inform the...
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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2017 to Be Celebrated February 20–24
Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2017—a community celebration coordinated by the Association of Research Libraries—will take place Monday–Friday, February 20–24. You can participate on a single day during...
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Library Assessment Conference Travel Awardees Share Their Perspectives on the Conference
The Association of Research Libraries and the Library Assessment Conference planning committee awarded 10 outstanding individuals travel awards to attend the 2016 conference in Arlington, Virginia, October 31–November 2. As...
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McMaster University Library Supports Digital Scholarship: 11th 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 McMaster University Library. The McMaster University...