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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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ARL Strategic Design Meeting Convenes at Harvard
On the day after the 2014 Boston Marathon, 33 participants gathered at Harvard University for the 10th regional design meeting in ARL’s strategic thinking and design process. Lee Anne George...
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Improving Library Service Quality by Using LibQUAL+® Effectively and Strategically—Register Now for August 7 Workshop
A workshop on acting on LibQUAL+ survey results is being offered on August 7, 2014, in conjunction with the Library Assessment Conference in Seattle, Washington. Registration for the conference is...
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Purdue Hosts 10th Annual Site Visit for ARL Diversity Scholars
The Purdue University Libraries and their dean, James Mullins, hosted the 2013–2015 ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) Diversity Scholars for an annual site visit, April 7–8, 2014. The...
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FCC to Consider Revised Net Neutrality Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is once again trying to propose network neutrality rules that would assure an open Internet, though early press reports based on a draft proposal indicate...
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