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ARL Welcomes cOAlition S Rights Retention Strategy Calling for Open Access to Results of Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) commends cOAlition S on today’s announcement of its Rights Retention Strategy to advance the goal of immediate open access to the published results of...
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Letter to Chad Wolf, US Department of Homeland Security
On July 10, 2020, ARL signed on to a letter to Chad Wolf, US Department of Homeland Security, opposing the July 6 directive on international students and the 2020–2021 academic...
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ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE Release “Advancing Digital Scholarship,” Fifth Installment of Emerging Technologies Report
The fifth installment of Mapping the Current Landscape of Research Library Engagement with Emerging Technologies in Research and Learning discusses a sampling of the ways in which libraries have responded...
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Association of Research Libraries Signs Statement in Support of Controlled Digital Lending
Today the Association of Research Libraries signed the “Position Statement on Controlled Digital Lending.” Libraries use controlled digital lending (CDL) to circulate temporary digital copies of print books they own...
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Association of Research Libraries Urges End to Litigation against Internet Archive
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) urges an end to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive filed early this month by four major publishers in the United States District Court...
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IMLS Director Crosby Kemper Discusses Role of Libraries and Museums during COVID-19 Pandemic
ARL executive director Mary Lee Kennedy talked with Crosby Kemper III, the director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), about the role of libraries and museums, and...
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Collaboration among Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums Explored in Research Library Issues
This time of accentuated interdependence and acute awareness of a historical moment calls on galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) to respond together and to lead forward. Memory institutions are...
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Association of Research Libraries Condemns Racism and Violence against Black Communities, Supports Protests against Police Brutality
As approved by the ARL Board of Directors on June 5, 2020 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) stands firmly with people throughout the world protesting police brutality and systemic...
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Letter to Kelvin Droegemeier, US Office of Science and Technology Policy
On June 5, 2020, ARL signed on to a letter thanking OSTP for its leadership in convening a substantive and thoughtful discussion process on broadening public access to the results...
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ARL, ACRL, Oberlin Group of Libraries Urge Library Vendors to Continue Free Access, Hold Subscription Prices Steady during COVID-19 Pandemic
The academic library community appreciates the ways that library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and...