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TOME Assessment Highlights Author Satisfaction and Ongoing Commitment to Open-Access Monographs
The Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of University Presses have published a final report assessing the success of their five-year pilot project to...
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TOME Stakeholder Value Assessment: Final Report
The Association of American Universities, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of University Presses have published a final report assessing the success of their five-year pilot project to encourage sustainable...
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Public Access Letter on Appropriations
On August 3, 2023, ARL sent a letter to appropriations leadership in the House and Senate asking them to remove Section 552 from the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill....
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ARL Statement on IFLA Congress in Dubai
The Association of Research Libraries represents 127 member institutions in Canada and the United States. Our shared vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem...
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ARL Letter to OMB on Data-Driven Evidence Supporting Important Revisions
On August 7, 2023, ARL sent a letter to the Office of Federal Financial Management at the OMB on 2 CFR Chapter 2, Part 200—Data-Driven Evidence Supporting Important Revisions. Read...
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ARL and DCN Comments on NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF)
On June 6, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US Department of Commerce, released a request for comments on NIST's Research Data Framework (RDaF). The Association of...
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A Federal Right of Publicity May Address AI-generated Deepfakes While Protecting Free Expression
During July 2023's Senate hearing on artificial intelligence and copyright, witnesses and Senators discussed how deepfakes—images or videos created using machine learning algorithms that appear to be real—can be used...
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ARL Member Representatives Retiring or Stepping Down Spring/Summer 2023
This document presents bios and interviews of three ARL member representatives who will be retiring or stepping down in spring or summer 2023: Alberta Davis Comer, Joy Kirchner, and MacKenzie...
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Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Letter on National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding
As a member of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), ARL joined a letter asking House and Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriators to fund the National Science Foundation...
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ACE Letter to National Science Foundation (NSF) on Research Security Reporting Requirements
On June 12, 2023, ARL joined a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) to the National Science Foundation (NSF) asking NSF to engage with the higher education community...