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ARL Makes SPEC Kits Open Access Online
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened up access to all SPEC Kits on the ARL Digital Publications platform for all users. This change demonstrates the value that the Association...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources—Register by August 10
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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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—July 2016
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1, 2016 through July 14, 2016...
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ARL Celebrates Confirmation of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) applauds the US Senate’s approval today, in a vote of 74-18, of the nomination of Carla D. Hayden as the 14th Librarian of Congress....
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SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support, and develop affordable course content and open educational resources (ACC/OER). This study gathered information on ACC/OER initiatives...
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Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, SPEC Kit 351, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, SPEC Kit 351, an exploration of the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support,...
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LCA Releases Statement on the Copyright Office’s NOI Concerning Section 108 of the Copyright Act
The Copyright Office in its June 7, 2016, notice of inquiry states that is seeking “to finalize its legislative recommendation” concerning a “re-drafting” of Section 108. LCA continues to oppose any...
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Strategic Thinking and Design Initiative: Extended and Updated Report
This extended and updated report, released in June 2016, documents the Strategic Thinking and Design work that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) undertook from the fall of 2013 through...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2017—Deadline July 15, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2017 SPEC survey topics. For more than 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Supporting Digital Scholarship—Register by June 15
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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