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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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ARL Joins Hague Declaration for Changes to Intellectual Property Law, Equal Access to Knowledge
More than 50 organizations around the world—including ARL—have signed the Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age, which calls for immediate changes to intellectual property (IP) law and...
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Scholarly Output Assessment Activities, SPEC Kit 346, Published by ARL
ARL has released Scholarly Output Assessment Activities, SPEC Kit 346, which explores current ARL member library activities that help scholars manage and measure their output and impact. These activities include...
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Strategic Approaches for New Assessment Professionals (invitation only)
A follow-up in-person meeting for participants in the March and November 2014 and May 2015 sessions of “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for...
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ARL Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting
The ARL Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting is a biannual event hosted by ARL in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference and the ALA Midwinter Meeting....
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