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Re:Create New Congress Welcome Letter
The Re:Create coalition sent a welcome letter to Congress outlining their balanced copyright priorities for 2025. Re:Create New Congress Welcome Letter
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Holly Mercer Appointed Dean of Libraries at University of Maryland
The University of Maryland (UMD) will soon have a new dean of University Libraries. Effective July 1, Holly Mercer will lead the expansive UMD university library system—which stretches across seven...
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LOCKSS Co-founders Honored with 2025 Paul Evan Peters Award
Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal, co-founders of the LOCKSS Program, have been named the 2025 recipients of the Paul Evan Peters Award by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the...
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Finally! A Licensing Guide to Help Libraries Protect Fair Use Rights in the Digital Age
If you’ve ever read through a library e-resource license agreement, you know it can feel like wading through legal quicksand. That's why a team of library licensing experts and the...
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ARL Welcomes US Copyright Office Report on Copyrightability of AI-Generated Outputs
Today, the US Copyright Office released a report on the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs. Katherine Klosek, ARL director of Information Policy and Federal Relations, shared the following statement: “ARL welcomes...
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Curtis Brundy Named Dean of University Libraries for University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has appointed Curtis Brundy dean of University Libraries, effective April 1, 2025. Curtis is currently associate university librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections at...
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Parting Thoughts from Former UMD Dean of Libraries Adriene Lim
I remain cautiously optimistic because I continue to believe deeply in the library’s mission… At the end of the 2024 spring semester, Adriene Lim, PhD, retired as dean of libraries...
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ARL Intensive Learning Program Fellows Selected for 2025 Cohort
The ARL Intensive Learning Program (ILP) Task Force has chosen 20 fellows for the 2025 ILP cohort, based on recommendations from the ILP Selection Working Group. The ILP is an...
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One Day Left to Register for ARL President’s Institute: “Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries”
Don’t miss your chance to join your colleagues at the ARL President’s Institute, “Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries.” Connect with ARL’s past, present, and future presidents—Trevor A. Dawes, Rhea Ballard-Thrower, and Melissa...
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Register for e-Resource Licensing Explained: An A–Z Guidebook for Libraries—Book Launch Webinar on Monday, January 27
Join library licensing experts for a live launch of their new book, e-Resource Licensing Explained: An A–Z Guidebook for Libraries, published by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The guidebook includes...