Publications

• ARL Action Plan 2021–2022

  The ARL Action Plan 2021–2022, approved by the Board of Directors on September 14, 2020, describes the Association’s priorities and objectives for the next two years, the actions that will...

• Affiliation in Transition: Rethinking Society Membership with Early-Career Researchers in the Social Sciences

  This paper by Marcel LaFlamme explores new forms of connection and community for early-career researchers, which are often facilitated by social media and other communication technologies. By learning from these...

• Amicus Brief in Ahmad v. University of Michigan

  On September 30, 2020, ARL, the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Historical Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the University of California Libraries, the University of Illinois...

• Implementing Effective Data Practices: Stakeholder Recommendations for Collaborative Research Support

  In this report, experts from library, research, and scientific communities provide key recommendations for effective data practices to support a more open research ecosystem. The recommendations are based on information...

• Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving beyond the CONTU Guidelines

  This ARL white paper reexamines the role of the decades-old Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) Guidelines in interlibrary lending. The white paper includes the history and...

• Future Themes and Forecasts for Research Libraries and Emerging Technologies

  Part of the ARL-CNI-EDUCAUSE joint initiative to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies, this publication reports on two invitational workshops with experts in learning and research...

• In Memoriam: ARL Remembers Representatives Who Have Passed Away, Spring 2020

  The ARL community remembers Robert Harold Blackburn, Brinley R. Franklin, and Jennifer Paustenbaugh with admiration and appreciation. In Memoriam: ARL Members Who Have Passed Away, Spring 2020

• Interim Representatives New to the Association of Research Libraries

  Seven interim member representatives were new to the Association in Spring/Summer 2020: Dianne Babski, Earnstein Dukes, Scott Miller, Marilyn Myers, Brian Rennick, Charlene Sorensen, and Deb Ward. Interim Member Representatives...

• Member Representatives New to the Association of Research Libraries

  Two member representatives, Karen Estlund and Clement Guthro, were new to the Association in Spring/Summer 2020. Member Representatives New to the Association of Research Libraries

• Mapping the Current Landscape of Research Library Engagement with Emerging Technologies in Research and Learning

  Part of the ARL-CNI-EDUCAUSE joint initiative to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies, this report by Sarah Lippincott identifies strategic opportunities for research libraries to...

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