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• OA in the Open National Forum Travel Awards Available

  James Madison University (JMU) Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are offering $2,000 travel scholarships to attend a national forum of experts and stakeholders to address key opportunities...

• JMU Libraries, with ARL, Receives IMLS National Forum Grant on Open Access Collecting Strategies

  James Madison University (JMU) Libraries, in partnership with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has been awarded $89,000 by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to convene...

• ARL Joins Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has become a member of the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), an initiative aimed at stabilizing a vital infrastructure of freely...

• Documentary “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship” Premieres in Washington, DC

  The documentary film Paywall: The Business of Scholarship made its global premiere in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2018, the same week that 11 European countries proclaimed that all their...

• Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) Meeting (Invitation Only)

  An invitation-only meeting on the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem initiative will be held on Wednesday, July 31, 2018, at the Association of American Universities office.   Event Details Time:...

• Accelerating Academy-Owned Publishing: An ARL Project

  How can libraries accelerate research sharing and increase participation in scholarship? What funding and partnerships do scholarly communities, open repositories, and other public-goods platforms need to transform into true, academy-owned,...

• Patrick Burns Warns Journal Publishing Headed for Reckoning

  In a recent article on The Conversation, Patrick Burns, dean of libraries and vice president for IT at Colorado State University and a member of the ARL Coordinating Committee, discusses...

• Matthew Harp, Joanne Paterson Named Visiting Program Officers for SHARE Humanities Project

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Matthew Harp and Joanne Paterson as visiting program officers for a SHARE project to help make online, scholarly works in the humanities...

• Issue Brief: Using Fair Use to Preserve and Share Disappearing Government Information

  Access to government information is a fundamental principle in a democratic society. Particularly in the digital environment, government information is a driver for economic and social progress as well as...

• Open Access Platforms Are Key to Research Libraries’ Core Mission—ARL Letter to Chronicle of Higher Education

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) wrote the following letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which published it today, August 21, 2017. To the Editor: Your article, “Elsevier Is...

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