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Research Data Management and Sharing Policies
Academic research libraries are key partners on campuses providing research data services and infrastructure for faculty, students and staff. Since 2003—when the first policy was published—ARL has been actively engaged...
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Metadata Life Cycle: Mountain or Superhighway?
Introduction Federally mandated policies requiring public access to funded research data have impacted how institutions and researchers support the entire research data life cycle. Without a central infrastructure to support...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Update #1
Central to the aims of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) project is an examination of the research-data landscape since the release of the Holdren public-access memo in 2013....
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ARL Comments on Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework
On March 3, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a “Request for Information to Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework.”...
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Research Data Services: Partnerships
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services (RDS) formed in 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate and...
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Research Data
The proliferation, management, and preservation of research data is one of the most pressing challenges facing research libraries. ARL works with members, funders, and partners to advance FAIR (findable, accessible,...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative
Public access to research data is critical to advancing science and solving real world problems. In recent years a number of funding agencies have required the management and broad sharing...
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week 2021
International Open Access Week, organized by SPARC, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the benefits of open access, share what they’ve learned with colleagues,...
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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services Releases Final Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services has released its final report. The task force formed in 2020 with...
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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services: Final Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services formed in 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate and commit...