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USA FREEDOM Act Fails to Advance in Senate
ARL is disappointed that the US Senate failed to advance the USA FREEDOM Act (S. 2685), a bill that would have provided meaningful reform to current National Security Agency (NSA)...
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Senate to Vote on Future of USA FREEDOM Act
Today, November 18, 2014, the US Senate is expected to vote on a cloture motion by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on the USA FREEDOM Act (S. 2685), determining whether...
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Senate to Vote on Future of USA FREEDOM Act
Today, November 18, 2014, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a cloture motion by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on the USA FREEDOM Act (S.2685), determining whether the...
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Talent Management, SPEC Kit 344, Published by ARL
ARL has released Talent Management, SPEC Kit 344, which explores whether ARL member libraries are using talent management strategies in the recruitment, retention, and development of a workforce needed to...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Judiciary Committee for Hearing on Copyright, Education, and Visually Impaired People
On November 18, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the House Judicary Committee for Hearing on Copyright, Education, and Visually Impaired People discussing the exceptions to...
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Royal Society of Canada Releases Report on Libraries, Archives, and Public Memory
On November 13, 2014, the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel on the Status and Future of Canada’s Libraries and Archives published The Future Now: Canada’s Libraries, Archives, and Public...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: Preparing for Unexpected Change
ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries (TRL) Steering Committee has published the latest entry in its column, Workforce Transformation Stories. Beth Marhanka, head of the Gelardin New Media Center at Georgetown University...
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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 sessions of “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment...
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Retaining a Liberal Arts Approach in the Digital Age—Shore and Henry in EDUCAUSE Review
The latest issue of EDUCAUSE Review includes the final E-Content column for 2014, wrapping up ARL executive director Elliott Shore’s one-year term as column editor. Along with Council on Library...
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Library Assessment Forum
The Library Assessment Forum features the latest happenings in this area and brings people together in between the biennial Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. The conference and...