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ARL, ACRL, Oberlin Group of Libraries Urge Library Vendors to Continue Free Access, Hold Subscription Prices Steady during COVID-19 Pandemic
The academic library community appreciates the ways that library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and...
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More Research Libraries Decline “Big Deal” Subscription Contracts with Publishers
The impact of COVID-19 increases the urgency for innovative approaches for barrier-free access to information. When the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and the entire State University...
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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on Public Access to Federally Funded Research
On February 19, 2020, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued “Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting from Federally Funded...
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IARLA Statement on Access to Digital Content for Education and Research during the Period of COVID-19 Response
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), representing the research libraries of Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is today amplifying the calls that our...
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ARL Urges Publishers to Maximize Access to Digital Content during COVID-19 Pandemic
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joins global library associations in urging publishers to maximize access to digital content during the emergency conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an...
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Libraries Are Leading Advocates Shaping and Influencing Greater Access to Information during COVID-19 Crisis
As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...
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BioOne Provides Peer-Reviewed Research to Inform the COVID-19 Crisis
ARL is pleased to share this announcement from our partner, BioOne, a nonprofit publisher committed to making scientific research more accessible. Dear Colleague, Peer-reviewed research and research libraries continue to...
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Research Libraries Can Be Partners with Societies in Open Access Transitions
In mid-December, rumors of a US executive order requiring that the results of federally funded scientific research be made available for publication immediately, with zero embargo, blew up a corner...
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ARL Comments on Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing
On November 6, 2019, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a request for public comments on a DRAFT NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental DRAFT...
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OpenMonographs.org Launches to Flip Funding Model for University Publishing
TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) creates website to build a community of scholars, publishers, librarians, university administrators that increases access to humanities and social sciences scholarship The Association of...