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ARL Letter to OMB on Data-Driven Evidence Supporting Important Revisions
On August 7, 2023, ARL sent a letter to the Office of Federal Financial Management at the OMB on 2 CFR Chapter 2, Part 200—Data-Driven Evidence Supporting Important Revisions. Read...
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Three Ways to Commemorate Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month in the US, when we commemorate the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in July 1990. The ADA was born of the Rehabilitation...
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Plan to Submit a Proposal for ARL IDEAL 2024: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives Conference, July 15–17, in Toronto
Plan to submit a proposal and join us for the next Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference, to be held...
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Association Meeting, Spring 2025 (Invitation Only)
The 186th ARL Association Meeting will be held April 28–30, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. View the meeting website for more information. Registration Register by Friday, March 28, 2025 via the...
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US Copyright Act Can Address AI without Amendment
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that can help authors and other creators brainstorm ideas, edit original works, conduct research, and more. But rather than rely on existing law...
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ARL and DCN Comments on NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF)
On June 6, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US Department of Commerce, released a request for comments on NIST's Research Data Framework (RDaF). The Association of...
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A Federal Right of Publicity May Address AI-generated Deepfakes While Protecting Free Expression
During July 2023's Senate hearing on artificial intelligence and copyright, witnesses and Senators discussed how deepfakes—images or videos created using machine learning algorithms that appear to be real—can be used...
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ARL Member Representatives Retiring or Stepping Down Spring/Summer 2023
This document presents bios and interviews of three ARL member representatives who will be retiring or stepping down in spring or summer 2023: Alberta Davis Comer, Joy Kirchner, and MacKenzie...
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Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Letter on National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding
As a member of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), ARL joined a letter asking House and Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriators to fund the National Science Foundation...
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ACE Letter to National Science Foundation (NSF) on Research Security Reporting Requirements
On June 12, 2023, ARL joined a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) to the National Science Foundation (NSF) asking NSF to engage with the higher education community...