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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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Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) Launches with Early Success
There is fresh momentum in the scholarly publishing world to open up data on the citations that link research publications. Six organizations today announced the establishment of the Initiative for...
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AAU, ARL, AAUP to Launch Open Access Monograph Publishing Initiative—Project Will Share Scholarship Freely, More Broadly
The Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of American University Presses (AAUP) are implementing a new initiative to advance the wide dissemination of scholarship...
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Open Scholarship Early and Often: Join the Conversation at ACRL 2017—Register by February 27
Don’t miss this opportunity to help drive a lively discussion with your colleagues in academic libraries about how open infrastructure and open workflow tools can support the creation, preservation, and...
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Webinar—Funding Article Processing Charges (SPEC Kit 353)
SPEC Kit 353, Funding Article Processing Charges, explores strategies ARL member institutions are using to address APCs, and describes and documents related policies and procedures. The Funding Article Processing Charges...
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SHARE: Infrastructure for Open Scholarship, by Judy Ruttenberg in C&RL News
The December 2016 issue of College & Research Libraries News features an article by SHARE co-lead Judy Ruttenberg that highlights SHARE’s role in supporting two recent developments in research and...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Funding Article Processing Charges—Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 1:00–1:45 PM EST
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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Funding Article Processing Charges, SPEC Kit 353, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Funding Article Processing Charges (APCs), SPEC Kit 353, an exploration of the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address APCs....
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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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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...