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ARL, 46 Groups Support FOIA Reform in US House, Senate
Two bills were introduced on February 2, 2015, in the US House of Representatives (H.R. 653) and the US Senate (S. 337) to update and reform the Freedom of Information...
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LCA Joins in Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1201 Submissions
In early February 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—ALA, ARL, ACRL—joined in five filings in the sixth Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1201 Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking. The triennial rulemaking permits...
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LCA Submits Statement to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for Hearing on Protecting the Internet and Consumers
On February 22, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a letter to Senate leadership asking them to evaluate the potential impacts of the language referencing copyright in the legislative...
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AHRQ, NASA, USDA Release Plans for Public Access to Funded Research
Three US Government agencies—the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)—recently released their plans for increasing...
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Reminder: Register for ScholCommCamp Unconference at ACRL 2015 in Portland
It’s not too late to join the first-ever unconference sponsored by the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC), ScholCommCamp, to be held Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., in...
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Data Management and Visualization with Tableau, Part 4—Webcast Discussion Q&A with Sarah Murphy, Jeremy Buhler, and Rachel Lewellen
Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. Join us for the fourth of a four-part...
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Libraries That Learn: Analysis of LibQUAL+ Comments to Drive Service Improvement—Webcast with Lorie Kloda (McGill University)
ARL is offering a series of webcasts on how to improve services using LibQUAL+ survey data and other evidence. Join Lorie Kloda of McGill University to learn how to identify...
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Libraries That Learn: LibQUAL+ Confidential Pilot Experiences Webcast
Join Sarah Murphy, coordinator of assessment for The Ohio State University Libraries, and Rachel Lewellen, assessment librarian at University of Massachusetts Amherst, for the third webcast in the Libraries That...
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ARL’s Research Library Issues 285 Highlights Copyright Developments
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 285, a special issue focusing on recent developments in US copyright law as well as international copyright agreements. Many of these developments...
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Panel: The Inclusion and Leadership Nexus: Leadership Development and Retention for Diverse Academic and Research Librarians
This panel explores the effect of leadership development training (LDT) on the retention of academic and research librarians from historically underrepresented groups. An extensive mapping project reveals the extent to...