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Searching for Sustainability: Strategies from Eight Digitized Special Collections
A report and eight cases studies by Nancy L. Maron, Sarah Pickle, and Deanna Marcum. Published November 2013 by ARL and Ithaka S+R. Funded by the Institute of Museum and...
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2012–2013 Reports Data on 13,900 Staff in ARL Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2012–2013, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during...
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Library Copyright Alliance Comments on Commerce Department Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy
On November 13, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), of which ARL is a member, provided these comments on a number of issues raised in the recent US Department of...
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Higher Education Organizations Letter to US Congressional Budget Committee (Nov. 1, 2013)
On November 1, 2013, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than 30 other organizations in a letter to the chairs of the US congressional committee deliberating...
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Coalition Letter to US Senate Commerce Committee on COMPETES Act (Oct. 9, 2013)
On October 9, 2013, ARL joined more than 300 universities and businesses; higher education associations; and nonprofit, industry, and research organizations in a letter to US Senate Commerce Committee leadership supporting...
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ARL Membership Meeting & Fall Forum 2013 Slides Online
Speakers’ slides from the ARL Membership Meeting and the ARL Fall Forum held October 9–10 and October 10–11 in Arlington, Virginia, are now on the ARL website. Several ARL Membership...
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Fisher v. University of Texas Amicus Brief (Oct. 2013)
On October 31, 2013, ARL joined more than 40 associations in signing this amicus brief in support of the University of Texas in its appeal of the ruling in Fisher...
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Membership Meeting 2013 (Fall): Riding the Waves or Caught in the Tide?
Presented by Ingrid Parent on October 9, 2013, at the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. mm13fall-parent.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2013 (Fall): A New Ecology for the Information Environment
Presented by Dan Cohen on October 10, 2013, at the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. mm13fall-cohen.pdf
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Analyzing Age and Race/Ethnicity Demographics webcast
This webcast, recorded November 5, 2013, focuses on the enormous staffing changes occurring in research libraries, in terms of both demographics and demand for skills. The presenters are Mark Puente,...