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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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Campus Shootings and Library Security Covered in Research Library Issues
How can research libraries handle and recover from “active shooter” incidents? The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) features two articles that describe campus shootings and library response. Julia...
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Across the Great Divide: Findings and Possibilities for Action from the 2016 Summit Meeting of Academic Libraries and University Presses with Administrative Relationships (P2L)
The P2L Summit brought together 23 teams of university library and press directors with an administrative relationship (typically the press reporting to the library—“P2L”) on May 9–10, 2016, in Philadelphia,...
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Research Libraries and Archives Stand Committed to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Social Justice
At the conclusion of one of the most divisive elections in recent US history—and at a time when the results of that election have left many members of marginalized communities...
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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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SPEC Kit 353: Funding Article Processing Charges (November 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address APCs. It covers how the funds are established and how they are handled (e.g., policies, applications,...
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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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ARL Membership Convenes in Washington, DC, for Fall 2016 Meeting—Summary and Slides Online
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL leadership fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Washington, DC, on September 27–28, 2016, for the 169th Association Meeting, convened by then ARL...
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Association Meeting 2016 (Fall): Pat Burns’s Survey on Article-Processing Charges
Presented at the 169th Association Meeting, September 2016, in Washington, DC by Pat Burns. Pat Burns's APC Survey Slide Deck (PDF) Comments from the ARL APC Survey (PDF)
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Webinar—Collection Assessment (SPEC Kit 352)
SPEC Kit 352, Collection Assessment, explores how collection assessment methods, measures, and practices are currently employed and how the results are used at ARL member libraries.The Collection Assessment webinar reviewed...