Publications

• Library Impact Research Report: Facilitating Innovative Research, Creative Thinking, and Problem Solving

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the Marston Science Library (MSL) of the University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries partnered with the UF Department of Interior...

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  ARL Celebrates Biden-Harris Administration’s Historic Policy to Make Federally Funded Research Immediately Available

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) enthusiastically welcomes today’s announcement by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that the administration has updated the 2013 “Expanding Public...

• Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity: A Framework

  The Joint ALA/ARL Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force’s final draft of the Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity: A Framework was approved by the boards of directors of the...

• Copyright and Contracts: Issues and Strategies

  In 2020, ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee launched a digital rights initiative focused on understanding and safeguarding the full stack of research libraries’ rights: to acquire and lend digital...

• Controlled Digital Lending

  This paper discusses ARL's position on controlled digital lending of library materials and lays out considerations that may support research libraries in crafting their use case and preparing for a...

• Library Impact Research Report: Educating and Empowering a Diverse Student Body: Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research through Library Collections

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a research team from the Texas Tech University (TTU) Libraries explored methods for assessing collections related to the study and research of...

• Library Impact Research Report: Distinct Academic Learning Communities at Syracuse University Libraries

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team at Syracuse University Libraries conducted a study to explore the impact of embedding three “distinct academic learning communities” in Syracuse...

• Library Impact Research Report: Faculty Publication Patterns at a Large Urban University and Correlation with Collections Use and Size

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) conducted a study to demonstrate how the availability and use of library collections impacts faculty productivity...

• Accelerating Social Impact Research: Libraries at the Intersection of Openness and Community-Engaged Scholarship

  This is the first report of a six-month pilot cohort program from 2021, Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR). The pilot engaged small teams from eight ARL member libraries...

• Library Impact Research Report: Impact of Archival Collections and Services on the Western University Department of History

  As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, Western University Libraries conducted a study to examine the impact of archival collections and related services on teaching and research in...

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