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Libraries are Champions for Academic Freedom and Balanced Copyright (infographic)
This infographic by ARL illustrates the benefits of a balanced copyright system and the roles research libraries play in maintaining the balance of Copyright & IP. Infographic downloads: Full-size PDF...
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Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, Published by ARL
ARL has released Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, which explores ARL member libraries’ activities related to support of faculty and researcher publishing of scholarly works. The publication...
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SPEC Kit 343: Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing (October 2014)
By actively participating in the research and writing process, librarians can use their subject expertise to develop new roles for themselves and devise new modes of contributing to the scholarly...
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Tyler Walters Appointed SHARE Director
Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, has been named SHARE’s founding director, beginning on October 13, 2014. Walters has been involved integrally in SHARE since its inception,...
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Carlette Washington-Hoagland Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Diversity and Leadership
ARL has appointed Carlette Washington-Hoagland as a visiting program officer (VPO) for diversity and leadership programs, effective today, October 1, 2014. Washington-Hoagland will take the lead in managing the assessment...
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar for New Assessment Professionals
Registration is now open for “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,” to be held in Washington, DC, May 14–15,...
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Introduction to ClimateQUAL® Lite
ARL’s Shaneka Morris and University of Maryland professor Paul Hanges present a half-hour web seminar on ClimateQUAL Lite, a shorter form of the conventional ClimateQUAL® survey that preserves data integrity...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at US National Archives: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Register by Friday, October 10, to receive the early-bird discount on the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at the...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: Communities of Practice as Tools for Change
ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries (TRL) Steering Committee has published the fourth entry in its monthly column, Workforce Transformation Stories. Kelly Broughton, assistant dean for research and education services at Ohio...
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Coalition Urges Congress to Ensure Fourth Amendment Protection for Digital Communication
On Constitution Day, September 17, 2014, ARL joined a coalition of businesses and civil rights, privacy, and public interest organizations in running an advertisement in Roll Call urging Congressional leaders...