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Library Copyright Alliance: SMART Copyright Act Would Burden Libraries and Free Expression
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) opposes a new copyright bill that would burden libraries and limit free expression online. The Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies (SMART ) Copyright Act...
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ARL Comments on Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework
On March 3, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a “Request for Information to Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework.”...
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ARL Congratulates the First Archive of Racial & Cultural Healing in the US
On March 30, nearly 300 librarians and archivists attended the virtual screening and panel discussion of Hidden in Full View, a short documentary film about the investigation of the 1931...
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Inaugural Archive for Racial & Cultural Healing (ARCH) Established at Delmarva’s Oldest Black Church
At a March 30 virtual event, Shanie Shields—President of the Chipman Foundation—and Charles L. Chavis, Jr.—Director of the John Mitchell, Jr., Program for History, Justice, and Race and African and...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Research Funding Bills
On March 22, 2022, ARL joined ACE and 20 other higher education associations in asking Congress to invest in federal STEM education programs, scientific research, research infrastructure, and innovation programs...
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Film Screening to Be Held March 30
Join us Wednesday, March 30, 2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT, for a virtual screening of the short film Hidden in Full View, with Charles L. Chavis, Jr., national co-chair of the US...
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Memorial: LeMoyne “Lee” Anderson, 1923–2022
LeMoyne “Lee” W. Anderson, director of libraries at Colorado State University (CSU) 1957–1985 and ARL president in 1979, died on February 18, 2022, at age 98. Under Anderson’s leadership, the...
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Library Assessment Conference 2022 Call for Proposals—Deadline April 22
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee invite paper; poster; short, practical learning session; and challenge talk proposals for...
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ARL Comments on Draft Genomic Data Management and Sharing Policy
On November 30, 2021, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a “Request for Information on Proposed Updates and Long-Term Considerations for the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.” The...
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Coalition for International Education Letter in Support of Title VI Reauthorization
On March 7, 2022, ARL joined the Coalition for International Education in asking Congress to include Title VI reauthorization as drafted in the Senate US Innovation and Competes Act (USICA)...