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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Getting Found: SEO Cookbook Available to Help Libraries Use Google Analytics
A free, online toolkit published by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) helps libraries measure and monitor the search engine optimization (SEO) performance of their digital repositories. The...
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Organizations Around the World Denounce Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
On April 30, 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles. This policy represents a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge,...
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SPEC Kit 346: Scholarly Output Assessment Activities (May 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores current ARL member library activities that help authors manage their scholarly identities, provide options for creating and disseminating scholarly outputs, offer strategies to enhance discoverability of...
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Spring): Advancing Scientific Discovery through Collaboration Across Research Domains
Presented at the 166th Membership Meeting, April 2015, in Berkeley, California by Erik Mitchell, Carol A. Mandel, Philip B. Stark, Betsy Wilson, and Stephanie Wright. mm15sp_DataScience.pdf
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