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ARL Strategic Thinking and Design Initiative: Extended, Updated Report Now Online
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released an extended and updated report documenting the Strategic Thinking and Design work (PDF) that the Association undertook from the fall of 2013...
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Strategic Thinking and Design Initiative: Extended and Updated Report
This extended and updated report, released in June 2016, documents the Strategic Thinking and Design work that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) undertook from the fall of 2013 through...
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National Diversity in Libraries Conference 2016 Travel Award Recipients Selected
NDLC ’16: “Bridges to Inclusion” The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is awarding 26 scholarships for individuals to attend the 2016 National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC ‘16), August 10–13,...
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Librarian Competencies in Support of Research Data Management, Scholarly Communication, Open Access
A joint task force has released two profiles of competencies that library professionals need in order to support new roles—one profile for research data management (PDF) and the other for...
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US Appeals Court Upholds Open Internet Order Governing Net Neutrality
In an important victory for libraries, higher education, and consumers, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit released today its long-awaited opinion in US Telecom Association v. Federal...
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ARL Mourns Orlando Shooting Victims—Libraries Serve as Safe Havens, Promote Social Justice
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is saddened and horrified by the tragic murder of 49 people and the wounding of dozens of others in a shooting at the Pulse...
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DC Circuit Court Upholds FCC’s Open Internet Order Governing Net Neutrality
On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit released its long-awaited opinion in U.S. Telecom Association v. FCC, upholding the FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2017—Deadline July 15, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2017 SPEC survey topics. For more than 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program...
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ICYMI: District Court Denies Oracle’s Move to Overturn Fair Use Ruling in Favor of Google
On May 26, 2016, a jury ruled in favor of Google's use of Java's API in its Android system, finding that the inclusion of the code was fair use. Oracle...
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Judy Ruttenberg Talks with Library Journal about SHARE and Institutional Repository Interoperability
In his May 31, 2016, Library Journal article, “Green OA and the Interoperability of Institutional Repositories,” John Parsons interviews Association of Research Libraries program director Judy Ruttenberg about how SHARE is “mapping...