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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Accelerating Social Impact Research: Libraries at the Intersection of Openness and Community-Engaged Scholarship—An ARL Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the first report of a six-month pilot cohort program from 2021, Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR). The pilot engaged small...
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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...
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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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Library Impact Practice Brief: Developing and Delivering New Research Services at the University of Manitoba Libraries
This practice brief provides an overview of lessons learned in developing and deploying the Research Services & Digital Strategies unit at the University of Manitoba Libraries. The brief reviews and assesses the...
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ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R Release Final Report on Aligning the Research Library to Organizational Strategy
ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R are pleased to publish the final report of the commissioned research to identify the strategic priorities of higher education’s senior leadership, and to identify how...