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SPEC Kit 348: Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services (September 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores current ARL member library engagement with 3-D printing, rapid fabrication and digitization technologies, and makerspaces. This study covers the types of services libraries offer, the location...
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SPEC Kit 346: Scholarly Output Assessment Activities (May 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores current ARL member library activities that help authors manage their scholarly identities, provide options for creating and disseminating scholarly outputs, offer strategies to enhance discoverability of...
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LibQUAL+® 2014 ARL Group Results Available
The 2014 LibQUAL+ notebook for the ARL group of survey participants (PDF) is freely available for download. The notebook details the results from 9,331 survey respondents—students, faculty, and staff—at the...
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Libraries That Learn: ARL to Offer Webcast on Analyzing LibQUAL+® Comments to Improve Service
ARL is offering a series of webcasts on how to improve services using LibQUAL+ survey data and other evidence. Join Lorie Kloda, assessment librarian at McGill University, for the third...
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Using Assessment to Improve Library Services—Exchange Experiences with Colleagues at Northumbria Conference
ARL is sponsoring a free workshop, “Libraries That Learn Exchange of Experience: Using LibQUAL+ and Other Data,” on the morning of Monday, July 20, 2015, in conjunction with the 11th...
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LibQUAL+® Presentations from ALA Midwinter Meeting Online
In conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Chicago on February 2, 2015, LibQUAL+ presented workshops on the foundations of the LibQUAL+ library service quality survey, administering...
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SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs (December 2014)
This SPEC Kit explores the extent of ARL member libraries’ participation in concerted efforts among groups of libraries to collaboratively collect or retain print collections and provide access to them....
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Libraries That Learn: LibQUAL+® to Offer Webcasts on Using Evidence to Transform Library Services
LibQUAL+ is offering a free webcast series on “Libraries That Learn: Using Evidence to Transform Library Services.” Join us for the first two installments and learn from expert LibQUAL+ survey...
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Issue Brief on GSU E-Reserves Case Now Online
ARL has released an issue brief about the recent US Court of Appeals decision in the Georgia State University (GSU) case concerning the use of excerpts of academic books for electronic...
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Georgia State University E-Reserves Case: Eleventh Circuit Endorses Flexible Approach to Fair Use
On Friday, October 17, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its ruling in the Georgia State University (GSU) case concerning the use of excerpts of...