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ARL/Music Library Association Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Call for Applications
ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII). This scholarship program, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from...
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Repository Infrastructure Initiatives Agree to Align Networks
In a meeting in Rome, Italy, on March 20–21, 2014, representatives from several major regional repository networks came together to develop a strategy to better align their activities. The meeting...
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Columbia’s James Neal Testifies before US House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Preservation and Reuse of Copyrighted Works
On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, the US House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet continued its copyright review. This hearing focused on “Preservation and...
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James G. Neal’s Fair Use Testimony at the House Copyright Hearing
James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian for Columbia University in the City of New York, testified at the April 2, 2014 Hearing on Preservation and...
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OAWG Letter in Opposition to Section 303 of the FIRST Act
On March 24, 2014, the Open Access Working Group (OAWG) sent a letter to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in opposition to Secion 303 of the Frontiers...
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IMLS, Sloan Foundation Jointly Award SHARE $1 Million to Develop Notification Service
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to...
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Letter to OSTP Requesting Comments for “Big Data” Review
In February 2014, ARL joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and 23 other organizations in a letter requesting that the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) solicit public...
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ARL Seeks SHARE Technical Project Manager
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is recruiting a project manager for an 18-month project to build the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification Service (PDF). SHARE (www.arl.org/share) is a...
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ARL Leadership and Career Development Program Convenes in New York
The ARL Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) fellows came together in New York City, March 10–14, 2014, for an institute on the topics of scholarly communication and transforming research...
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Research Libraries and the Big Deal: Author Version of Study Available
“Unwrapping the Bundle: An Examination of Research Libraries and the ‘Big Deal’,” by Karla L. Strieb of the Ohio State University (OSU) and Julia C. Blixrud of ARL has been...