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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...
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Major Research Library Organizations Meet to Discuss International Collaboration
The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organizations took place at the British Library in London on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, ahead...
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Travel Awards Available for Underrepresented Professionals to Attend 2016 Library Assessment Conference—Deadline May 2
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering 10 scholarships for individuals from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to attend the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical...
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Library Assessment Conference 2016 Registration Now Open: Early-Bird Deadline July 1
Registration is now open for the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held October 31–November 2 in Arlington, Virginia. The preeminent conference in the field...
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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Yale University
by Susan Gibbons | University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication | on March 1, 2016 Library exhibits on underrepresented people and civil rights Examples:Student-curated exhibit on Japanese-American internment...
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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Washington University in St. Louis
by Jeffrey Trzeciak | University Librarian | on March 1, 2016 Washington University is doing a great deal in this area, much of it relating to the August 9, 2014, shooting of...