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SPEC Survey Webcast on Funding Article Processing Charges
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of free webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with...
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Webinar—Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (SPEC Kit 351)
SPEC Kit 351, Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, investigates the degree to which ARL member institutions are systematically exploring affordable course content and OER support and development, the...
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ARL Makes SPEC Kits Open Access Online
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened up access to all SPEC Kits on the ARL Digital Publications platform for all users. This change demonstrates the value that the Association...
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Moving from SSRN to SocArXiv
In May, Elsevier acquired SSRN, an open access repository heavily used in fields of law, economics and other social sciences. A number of great articles raising serious concerns about this...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources—Register by August 10
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—July 2016
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1, 2016 through July 14, 2016...
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SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support, and develop affordable course content and open educational resources (ACC/OER). This study gathered information on ACC/OER initiatives...
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Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, SPEC Kit 351, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, SPEC Kit 351, an exploration of the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support,...
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Gary Price Interviews Judy Ruttenberg about SHARE for Open Access in Action Series
Library Journal's Open Access in Action series released on June 30, 2016, a video interview of Judy Ruttenberg, Association of Research Libraries program director for SHARE, talking with Gary Price, editor of...
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Librarian Competencies in Support of Research Data Management, Scholarly Communication, Open Access
A joint task force has released two profiles of competencies that library professionals need in order to support new roles—one profile for research data management (PDF) and the other for...