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ARL Applauds Judiciary Committee Action to Reform Privacy Laws
On Thursday, April 25, the US Senate Judiciary Committee took another crucial step toward fixing outdated privacy laws by endorsing a bill proposed by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) that includes...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Penn State, Rochester, Cornell, a New York Minute, Kansas, Memphis, Vanderbilt
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the fifth in a series of informal reports from his visits. During the...
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ARL and Society of American Archivists Awarded IMLS Grant for Mosaic Program
ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) have been awarded a $487,652 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program in...
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LibValue: Assessing the Value of E-books to Academic Libraries and Users webcast
This webcast, recorded April 18, 2013, describes research conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on how libraries and library users value e-books. Presenters include Paula Kaufman, Dean of...
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ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011
ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2010–2011 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 63 medical libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. This publication is...
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ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2010–2011
ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2010–2011 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 74 law libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada. This publication is available...
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Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges
On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E....
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Synergy Issue 10, April 2013
In this issue, Alexandra Rivera, Jade Alburo, Makiba Foster, Lisa Chow, and Latanya Jenkins reflect on their experiences at the 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color in Kansas City,...
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Expanded Public Access to Federally Funded Research: AAU, APLU, ARL Issue Call to Action
Today the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Texas
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the fourth in a series of informal reports from his visits. Last week...