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Library Funding Advocacy
Research libraries play a crucial role in supporting the research environment and in complying with federal mandates. However, in the United States, academic libraries' funding through facilities and administrative (F&A)...
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Karim Boughida Named ARL Member Representative to CNI Steering Committee
Karim Boughida has been appointed as the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representative to the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee for the 2024–2027 term. Boughida has been dean...
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ARL & CNI Release Deluxe Edition of AI-Influenced Future Scenarios for Research Environment
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) have published the Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures. This publication is a critical...
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ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: Strategic Context
This strategic context report summarizes community feedback gathered through focus groups and interviews about an AI-influenced future for the research environment that were held in winter 2023–24 and spring 2024....
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Stretching Our Thinking around AI: Provocateur Interviews
Featuring forward-thinking dialogues with industry leaders, these interviews challenge conventional wisdom and stimulate stretch thinking with regards to an AI-influenced future. This report is part of the Deluxe Edition of...
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Recap, Slides, Video: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) Webinar
ARL recently hosted a virtual member session on the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), a worldwide network of organizations committed to helping secure open access and open...
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Registration Open: Library Assessment Conference 2024—Save with Advance Rates through August 15
Join us for the 2024 Library Assessment Conference (LAC), Wednesday–Saturday, November 6–9, in Portland, Oregon. The multi-day event includes a mix of keynote speakers, workshops, and contributed papers and posters...
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Kara Whatley Appointed Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian at University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou) has named Kara Whatley as vice provost for libraries and university librarian, effective October 1, 2024. Whatley is currently the university librarian at California Institute...
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ARL Comments on Social Security Administration’s Plan for Increasing Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
On May 13, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a request for information for the “Plan for Increasing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research (SSA-2023-0039).”...
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Libraries, Civil Society Push Back on NDAA Copyright Amendment Based on Pro Codes Act
In a letter, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and other library and civil society organizations asked the US House of Representatives Rules Committee to reject amendment 1082 to the...