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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference 2013
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference to be held in Chicago this summer. Highlights include: ARL/LibQUAL+ BoothFriday, June 28, 5:30...
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ARL Sponsors Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP)
ARL today joined major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust, and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognizes the use of scientific research, published...
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Expanded Public Access to Federally Funded Research: AAU, APLU, ARL Issue Call to Action
Today the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on...
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Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges
On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E....
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SPARC-ACRL Forum: Understanding the Implications of Open Education: MOOCs and More
The open access movement has focused on making scholarship freely available, expanding distribution while lowering barriers for re-use. The open educational resources (OER) movement has focused on making teaching and...
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ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research
Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically important action. The memorandum...
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MINES for Libraries® Webcast Registration Open
Washington, DC—Online registration is now open for the 2012 MINES for Libraries® Webcast, a free workshop designed to provide potential and current participants with vital information on the MINES for Libraries®...
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Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications
ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL Career Enhancement Program. Masters of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups, who have successfully completed a...
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ARL Joins ALA, ACRL, EFF in Amicus Brief Supporting Google Book Search
Washington, DC—On August 1, 2012, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and...
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Library Assessment Career Achievement Award: Call for Nominations
ARL is now soliciting nominations for the 2012 Library Assessment Career Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Library Assessment Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, this October. The criteria are...