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ARL ADA Title II Resources Encourage Licensing Born-Accessible Content
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its regulations on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to include standards for making web content accessible for people with...
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Librarian of Congress Expands DMCA Exemption for Text and Data Mining
Today the librarian of Congress—based on recommendations by the register of copyrights—issued an expansion to the 2021 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) regulation that permits researchers to circumvent technological protection...
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OPEN TO ALL—Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries
ARL President’s Institute in Chicago-Rosemont, February 12–13, 2025 A workplace with four or five generations working side by side is not a problem to be solved—it’s an opportunity to be...
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week 2024
Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of open access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues,...
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Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Team Visits Penn State University
With a research budget of more than $1 billion, the management of research data at Penn State University involves a diverse set of researchers, systems, campus units, and an increasingly...
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ADA Title II Regulations: Implications for Libraries
On April 24, 2024, the Federal Register published the US Department of Justice’s final rule on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which includes specific rules for state and...
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ARL and California Digital Library Kick Off Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Site Visits at Northwestern University
In September, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the California Digital Library (CDL) conducted a site visit to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Galter Health Sciences Library....
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Apply for Blixrud Scholarship to Attend ARL President’s Institute 2025—Deadline November 14, 2024
The Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship supports the attendance of one MLIS student or recent graduate at the annual President’s Institute. The next award recipient will receive a scholarship of $1,000...
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ARL Board of Directors 2025 Elected by ARL Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2025 Board of Directors today during the Fall 2024 Association Meeting. On January 1, 2025, Rhea Ballard-Thrower, dean of libraries and university...
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REGISTER NOW: ARL President’s Institute in Chicago-Rosemont, February 12–13—Open to All
Land the plane! What? (Translation: Get to the point!) Does this sound familiar? Do you find yourself just trying to stay fresh—ugh—that’s dated and reveals a lot about you. Or,...