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A Deeper Dive Into the New Georgia State Decision
Last week, on March 31, 2016, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released its opinion on remand in the Georgia State University e-reserves case. The case had...
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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: University of Iowa
by John Culshaw | University Librarian | on April 4, 2016 The University of Iowa Libraries collaborates on a campus-wide social justice video project In the spring of 2016, the University...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce—Applications Due May 13
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master of library and information science (MLIS)...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—March 2016
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from December 22, 2015 to March 31, 2016...
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New Decision in Georgia State University E-Reserves Case Released; 41 of 48 Claims of Infringement Found to Be Fair Uses
On March 31, 2016, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia released its opinion on remand in the Georgia State University e-reserves case, Cambridge University Press v. Becker. The district court...
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ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Fellows Attend MLA Meeting; Mark A. Puente Wins Papakhian Award
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII) fellows participated in the MLA Annual Meeting, March 1–5, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fellows attended valuable programming...
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Webinar—Querying the SHARE Data Set
Erin Braswell from the Center for Open Science—and SHARE’s primary developer—introduces the SHARE application programming interface (API), shows how to perform queries and visualizations with the data, and discusses potential...
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Webinar—IPEDS Academic Library Definition Changes for 2016-2017
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) has adopted revised definitions for the FY 2016–2017 Academic Libraries Component as a result of public review comments and recommendations made by a...
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ARL Libraries Advance Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality
In 2015, student groups at campuses across the United States and Canada challenged their college and university administrations to address issues of institutional and systemic racism and other oppressive practices...
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Travel Awards Available for National Diversity in Libraries Conference 2016—Deadline April 29
NDLC ’16: Bridges to Inclusion The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering up to five $1,000 scholarships for individuals to attend the 2016 National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC...