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ARL Statistics 2024 Publications Describe Resources, Services of Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2024, ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2024, and ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2024. These three publications present...
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ARL/CNI Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Can Help You Thrive in the AI Landscape
Research suggests nearly half of all tasks in the information services sector could be transformed by AI. This isn’t a distant future scenario—it’s happening now. What can we do to...
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024 Reports Data on Professional Positions in Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 125 ARL member libraries...
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Apply for Blixrud Scholarship to Attend ARL President’s Institute—Deadline Friday, November 7
The Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship supports the attendance of one MLIS student or recent graduate at the annual President’s Institute. The next award recipient will receive a scholarship of US$1,000...
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🔓 Registration Open: UNLOCK INNOVATION at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute
Join us at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute and become a champion of sustainable innovation in research libraries! Grow your ability to unlock and drive innovation and shape the future...
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John Unsworth on Libraries, Higher Education, and Anti-Fascism
John Unsworth retired this month as university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia (UVA), after more than nine years in the role. We chatted with him...
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New Recommendations Tool Available from Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot
The Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot project has produced a short recommendations questionnaire tool that generates custom recommendations for your institution’s next steps in exploring machine-actionable data-management plans (maDMPs). Use...
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ARL Joins EFF, ALA, Re:Create in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Warning Expansion of Copyright Liability Could Threaten Internet Access
ARL joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), American Library Association (ALA), and Re:Create in an amicus brief at the US Supreme Court in support of Cox in the case Cox...
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University of Saskatchewan Celebrates Lori Birrell as New Dean and University Librarian—She Began Post on September 1
At most academic institutions, September represents the beginning of many things, fresh faces, new students, and new horizons—and this year, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) adds one additional newbie to...
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Transitioning from Interim to Permanent, Trevor Bond Becomes Dean of Washington State University Libraries
Big news continues to spread from Washington State University (WSU). Earlier this week, Trevor Bond, who served as interim dean of WSU Libraries for the past year, was installed in...