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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services Releases Final Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services has released its final report. The task force formed in 2020 with...
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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services: Final Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services formed in 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate and commit...
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Micah Vandegrift Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer for Accelerating Social Impact of Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Micah Vandegrift as a visiting program officer in the Scholars & Scholarship program for July 2021–July 2022. Vandegrift is the open knowledge...
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Library Impact Practice Brief: Freshman Fellows: Implementing and Assessing a First-Year Primary-Source Research Program
This practice brief describes the assessment project undertaken by the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University as part of the library’s participation in ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative to address...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Fiscal Year 2022 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
On July 14, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to Representative Rosa DeLauro and Representative Kay Granger, chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Appropriations, in support of...
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Biden’s Competition Order Advances Right-to-Repair Movement
Today, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Among other provisions, the order aims to address anticompetitive terms imposed by manufacturers that restrict third-party...
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ARL Publishes Issue Brief on Section 230 of Communications Decency Act
The 117th US Congress is holding hearings and debating bills on changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law that protects internet service providers and internet...
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Issue Brief: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Research Library Perspectives
The 117th US Congress is holding hearings and debating bills on changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), a 1996 law that protects internet service providers and...
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ARL Welcomes Researcher-First Policies in Bills to Reauthorize US National Science Foundation
On behalf of the leaders of 125 major research libraries, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to see that the US House of Representatives included the following policies...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Negotiated Rulemaking for Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA)
On July 1, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter to the US Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, in response to its intent to prepare regulations for programs authorized...