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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Annual Conference to be held in San Francisco this summer. Highlights include: Google Analytics WorkshopThursday,...
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Organizations Around the World Denounce Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
On April 30, 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles. This policy represents a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge,...
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Spring): Re-Use, Re-Mix and TDM—Advocacy and Promotion—Globally
Presented at the 166th Membership Meeting, April 2015, in Berkeley, California by Lars Bjørnshauge. mm15sp_Bjornshauge.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Spring): Advocacy and Policy Update: A View from DC
Presented at the 166th Membership Meeting, April 2015, in Berkeley, California by Prudence S. Adler. mm15sp_Adler.pdf
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SHARE Highlighted by OCLC Research’s Evolving Scholarly Record Report
OCLC Research recently interviewed ARL’s Judy Ruttenberg, a member of the SHARE Operations Team, to supplement the report The Evolving Scholarly Record. The report presents a framework that describes the...
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Spring): Advocacy and Policy Update—April 2015
Presented at the 166th Membership Meeting, April 2015, in Berkeley, California by Prudence S. Adler. mm15sp_APP_handout.pdf
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SPARC/ACRL Forum: Advancing “Open” through Library Partnerships with Students and Early Career Researchers
Over the past few years, collaborations have been increasing between academic libraries and students and early-career researchers—specifically around the issues of open access, open educational resources, and open data. Although...
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SHARE Launches Beta of SHARE Notify for Informing Stakeholders When Research Is Released
Stakeholders in the research enterprise—funding agencies, institutions, and individual researchers—often find it challenging to keep track of new research activities that may be relevant to their work. To make research...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Releases Plan for Public Access to NOAA-Funded Research
In early April 2015, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the, “NOAA Plan for Increasing Public Access to Research Results” (PDF). The plan details the extensive, long-term...
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National Institute of Standards and Technology Releases Plan for Public Access to NIST-Funded Research
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released on April 3, 2015, a “Plan for Providing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research” (PDF). The NIST...