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SHARE Highlighted by OCLC Research’s Evolving Scholarly Record Report
OCLC Research recently interviewed ARL’s Judy Ruttenberg, a member of the SHARE Operations Team, to supplement the report The Evolving Scholarly Record. The report presents a framework that describes the...
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House of Representatives Passes USA FREEDOM Act; Senate to Act Quickly
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that bans bulk collection of records under Section 215 of the USA...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Application Deadline Extended to May 27
ARL has extended the application deadline for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) to Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The ARL IRDW is a program designed to recruit master...
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Analysis of LibQUAL+ Comments to Drive Service Improvement webcast
In 2013, McGill University Library developed a toolkit for the qualitative analysis of open-ended comments in LibQUAL+. All comments were coded and analyzed using template analysis. The library used the...
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House of Representatives Passes USA FREEDOM Act; Senate To Act Quickly
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act, legislation that bans bulk collection under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT...
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SPEC Survey Webcast Series Launched by ARL
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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Data Visualization Webcast Videos Now Online
Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau software, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. Video recordings of ARL’s recent web...
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Spring): Advocacy and Policy Update—April 2015
Presented at the 166th Membership Meeting, April 2015, in Berkeley, California by Prudence S. Adler. mm15sp_APP_handout.pdf
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Court of Appeals Issues Landmark Ruling Against NSA Bulk Collection Practices
On May 7, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on the legality of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of telephone metadata. In a unanimous...
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ARL Joins Coalition Letters Supporting USA FREEDOM Act, Opposing Clean Reauthorization of “Library Records” Provision
On May 6, 2015, ARL joined two broad coalition letters to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, one supporting the USA FREEDOM Act while the other...
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