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Barbara Dewey Receives Multicultural Leadership Award
The Pennsylvania State University’s Council of College Multicultural Leadership (CCML) recently presented Barbara I. Dewey, dean of university libraries and scholarly communications at Penn State, the Award for University Administration...
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FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality
At an open meeting held on May 15, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the issue of “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” or net neutrality. The FCC voted...
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Open Internet/Net Neutrality
At an Open Meeting held on May 15, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the issue of “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” or net neutrality. It voted on...
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USA FREEDOM Act Passed Unanimously Through House Judiciary Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unanimously passed the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361). The bill, originally proposed by Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI)...
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Web Accessibility Toolkit for Research Libraries Launched by ARL
On the third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is proud to announce the availability of a new resource for the ARL membership and...
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ALA and LCA Announce Robert Oakley Scholarship Winner
On May 13, 2014, the American Library Association and the Library Copyright Association (LCA) awarded the Robert Oakley Scholarship winner. Press Release (PDF)
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Aspen Doesn’t Want You to Own Your Own Casebooks
Here’s a new assault on the first sale doctrine by Aspen Publishers: via The Laboratorium In brief, students, will be required to “buy” a Connected Casebook, which consists of two...
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White House Report to President Obama on Big Data
On May 1, 2014, a report by Administration officials to President Obama on big data was released. The report was signed by John Podesta, Counselor to the President; Penny Pritzker,...
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NCSU Hosts ARL Leadership Fellows for Site Visit
The 2013–2015 ARL Leadership Fellows were hosted by the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries and vice provost and director of libraries, Susan Nutter, for a four-day site visit, April...
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ARL Joins Coalition in Urging Senators to Close Innovation Deficit
On April 29, 2014, the US Senate Appropriations Committee conducted a hearing on the “innovation deficit” in which the heads of the nation’s major research agencies jointly testified on the...
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