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What Are the Copyright Implications of the New OSTP Public-Access Guidance?
The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) address concerns about public access and copyright raised by the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance, “Ensuring Free,...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Update #2—Activities for Making Research Data Publicly Accessible
Public access to research data is critical to advancing science and solving real world problems. The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative project team has spent considerable time this...
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Public Access Data Management and Sharing Activities for Academic Administration and Researchers
The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative’s public-access data management and sharing (DMS) activities are the result of categorizing services and support across the institution that are likely needed...
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OSTP 2013 & 2022 Public-Access Memo Comparison
In August 2022, the Office OSTP published new policy guidance, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” as an update to the 2013 “Expanding Public Access to the...
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ARL Celebrates Biden-Harris Administration’s Historic Policy to Make Federally Funded Research Immediately Available
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) enthusiastically welcomes today’s announcement by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that the administration has updated the 2013 “Expanding Public...
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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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ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Discipline-Specific Models and Costs for Public Access to Research Data
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop...
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ARL Welcomes Researcher-First Policies in Bills to Reauthorize US National Science Foundation
On behalf of the leaders of 125 major research libraries, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to see that the US House of Representatives included the following policies...
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Association of Research Libraries Welcomes Increased Investment in Research and Data Sharing in Reauthorization of National Science Foundation
Progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of public investment in basic scientific research and rapid sharing of data. The pandemic has also deepened existing inequality in...
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ARL Staff, Partners Discuss Progress of Guidelines for Effective Data Practices at CNI Spring 2020 Meeting
In December 2019 the US National Science Foundation sponsored an invitational conference convened by the library community (the Association of Research Libraries and the California Digital Library), the Association of...
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