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• Canadian Author’s Collective, Access Copyright, Dealt Major Blow; Future Uncertain

  *This is a guest blog post by Bobby Glushko, Head of the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office for the University of Toronto Libraries* On May 22, 2015, the Copyright Board of...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows 2015-2017 Selected

  The selection committee for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program has chosen six master of library and information science (MLIS) students with specializations in...

• Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar

  Registration is now open for “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar,” to be held in Washington, DC, October 22–23, 2015. This two-day, in-person event...

• Reminder: Google Analytics Workshop to Be Offered by ARL in San Francisco on June 25

  There is still time to register for ARL's full-day, in-person workshop on Google Analytics to be held in San Francisco on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The workshop is offered by...

• ARL, ACRL, ALA Form Joint Advisory Task Force to Clarify Academic Library Definitions in IPEDS Survey

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a joint advisory task force to suggest changes to the current definitions and...

• Scholarly Output Assessment Activities Webcast

  ARL is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast...

• Aspen Institute Report on Institutional Innovation Highlights Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education

  The Aspen Institute has published a report on its July 2014 Roundtable on Institutional Innovation, in which ARL executive director Elliott Shore participated along with 22 other leaders in business...

• Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Filibusters USA FREEDOM Act; Future of Section 215 Uncertain

  On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took the Senate floor to filibuster the USA FREEDOM Act.  While the Senate was considering a bill on trade promotion authority...

• ARL Strategic Thinking and Design Interactive Website Available

  ARL has developed an interactive web interface that facilitates exploration of the database of text mined from university, library, and IT strategic plans as part of ARL’s Strategic Thinking and...

• Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2016—Deadline July 17, 2015

  ARL is seeking proposals for 2016 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...

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