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ARL and ALA File Comments to FCC on E-Reader Accessibility
Earlier this month, ARL and the American Library Association (ALA) filed additional reply comments (PDF) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a request to waive e-reader access requirements for...
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SCOAP3 Open Access Publishing Initiative to Launch January 1
Under the leadership of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, partners in 24 countries are participating in the largest-scale global open access initiative ever built—SCOAP3. Involving an international collaboration...
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ARL Career Enhancement Program 2014 Fellows Selected
The ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Coordinating Committee has selected 13 fellows to participate in this competitive fellowship program. The Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute of Museum and...
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Letter to Congress Urging to End Sequestration
On Wednesday, December 4, ARL joined 469 national organizations in urging the US Congress to replace sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction, citing that "Nondefense discretionary (NDD)...
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ARL Letter to FCC Regarding Access to Materials During Shutdowns
On Monday, December 2, ARL joined others in the library community in submitting a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in regards to making its primary legal materials...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting to be held in Philadelphia next month. Highlights include: ARL Annual Leadership Symposium (invitation...
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National Digital Stewardship Residents Discuss Their Projects
During the ALCTS Digital Preservation Interest Group meeting at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the 2013–2014 National Digital Stewardship Residents (NDSRs)—including ARL’s resident, Molly Schwartz, who is working on...
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The State of Digital Preservation: Themes and Challenges Examined by the National Digital Stewardship Residency Program
At the Library of Congress booth at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the 2013–2014 National Digital Stewardship Residents (NDSRs)—including ARL’s resident, Molly Schwartz, who is working on digital accessibility—will...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Brown, Dartmouth, UMass, UConn, Yale
Brown University, Robinson Hall (Old Library) ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the ninth in a series of informal...
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Library Community Encourages FCC to Make Materials Accessible via FDsys
On Monday, December 2, ARL joined others in the library community in a letter (PDF) requesting that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make its primary legal materials and publicly available...
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