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ICYMI: CCIA Releases White Paper, Copyright Reform for a Digital Economy
On August 25, 2015, the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released its White Paper, Copyright Reform for a Digital Economy. The report notes that the House Judiciary Committee began...
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SHARE Featured on Scholarly Kitchen Blog
On the Scholarly Kitchen blog today, August 27, 2015, Alice Meadows of ORCID writes about “Reasons to Be Cheerful: Some Thoughts on the SHARE Summer 2015 Meeting.” In her blog...
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ARL Fall Forum to Explore Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences—Register Now
Registration is open for the ARL Fall Forum 2015, “Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences,” to be held in Washington, DC, on Thursday, October 8....
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Library Investment Index Summarizes Relative Size of ARL University Libraries for 2013–2014
ARL has released the Library Investment Index for 2013–2014, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar...
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ARL Leadership Fellows Program—Call for Applications Coming Soon
The 2016–2017 cohort of the ARL Leadership Fellows program will begin in January 2016. ARL will release the call for applications in September with a deadline in early October 2015....
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Accessibility Librarian Competencies Featured on ARL Web Accessibility Blog
In a new Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog post, ARL visiting program officer Katya Pereyaslavska writes about “what it takes to be an ‘Accessibility Librarian’”—an emerging position that is...
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Quinn Galbraith Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer to Study Salary Trends and Equity Issues
ARL has appointed Quinn Galbraith as a visiting program officer (VPO) for 2015–2016 to research salary trends using the ARL Annual Salary Survey data. Galbraith, a social science librarian and...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—August 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from mid-June to mid-August 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. advocacy-and-policy-update-august2015.pdf
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Accessibility Librarian Competencies
In the last few months, a number of accessibility specialist job postings have been forwarded my way by colleagues. Reviewing these postings was quite interesting as they highlighted a number...
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ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Initiative 2015–2017 Fellows Chosen
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the selection of four master of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2015–2017 ARL/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and...
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