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LibQUAL+® 2014 ARL Group Results Available
The 2014 LibQUAL+ notebook for the ARL group of survey participants (PDF) is freely available for download. The notebook details the results from 9,331 survey respondents—students, faculty, and staff—at the...
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Canada’s Budget Proposes Extension of Copyright Term for Sound Recordings, Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
On April 21, 2015, Canada released its 500-page budget plan, which includes several references to intellectual property. Among its copyright proposals, Canada's Economic Action Plan 2015 proposes to amend the Copyright...
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Tableau Q&A webcast
Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. This webcast was a Q&A discussion about using...
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Libraries That Learn: ARL to Offer Webcast on Analyzing LibQUAL+® Comments to Improve Service
ARL is offering a series of webcasts on how to improve services using LibQUAL+ survey data and other evidence. Join Lorie Kloda, assessment librarian at McGill University, for the third...
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ARL Opposes Senator McConnell’s Bill to Reauthorize Section 215 “Library Records” Provision
On April 21, 2015, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr introduced S.1035, a bill that would extend Section 215 of the USA...
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Diversity and Inclusion Highlighted in ARL’s Research Library Issues 286
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 286, a special issue focusing on fostering diversity and inclusion in research library operations and culture. The three articles in this issue...
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ARL Joins Letters to House and Senate Expressing Concerns Over Cybersecurity Bills
On April 20, 2015, ARL joined a coalition of 36 privacy and civil liberties organizations and 19 security experts and academics raising concerns regarding the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA,...
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Using Assessment to Improve Library Services—Exchange Experiences with Colleagues at Northumbria Conference
ARL is sponsoring a free workshop, “Libraries That Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data,” on the morning of Monday, July 20, 2015, in conjunction with the 11th...
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Library Copyright Alliance Applauds Introduction of the Barriers to Innovation Act
On April 17, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauded the introduction of the Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015. The bill would address serious problems with the rulemaking process under...
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SHARE Launches Beta of SHARE Notify for Informing Stakeholders When Research Is Released
Stakeholders in the research enterprise—funding agencies, institutions, and individual researchers—often find it challenging to keep track of new research activities that may be relevant to their work. To make research...
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