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What Are the Copyright Implications of the New OSTP Public-Access Guidance?
The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) address concerns about public access and copyright raised by the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance, “Ensuring Free,...
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Metadata Life Cycle: Mountain or Superhighway?
Introduction Federally mandated policies requiring public access to funded research data have impacted how institutions and researchers support the entire research data life cycle. Without a central infrastructure to support...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative
Public access to research data is critical to advancing science and solving real world problems. In recent years a number of funding agencies have required the management and broad sharing...
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ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Discipline-Specific Models and Costs for Public Access to Research Data
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop...
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IARLA Supports the Sorbonne Statement on Research Data Rights
In January 2020, nine research university associations signed the “Sorbonne Declaration on Research Data Rights,” affirming their commitment to opening up research data and highlighting key roles that the academic...
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Accelerating Academy-Owned Publishing: An ARL Project
How can libraries accelerate research sharing and increase participation in scholarship? What funding and partnerships do scholarly communities, open repositories, and other public-goods platforms need to transform into true, academy-owned,...
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Matthew Harp, Joanne Paterson Named Visiting Program Officers for SHARE Humanities Project
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Matthew Harp and Joanne Paterson as visiting program officers for a SHARE project to help make online, scholarly works in the humanities...
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International Accord Strengthens Ties between Repository Networks Worldwide
On May 8, 2017, several regional and national repository networks and stakeholder groups, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), formally endorsed an international accord that will lead to the...
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RAMP: Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal
Presented at the Library Assessment Forum, ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 20, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia, by Kenning Arlitsch. alamw17-arlitsch-obrien-ramp.pdf2.42 MB
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Association Meeting 2016 (Fall): Open Access, Shared Values, Different Paths Presentation by Ellen Finnie
Presented at the 169th Association Meeting, September 2016, in Washington, DC by Ellen Finnie. OpenAccess-Finnie_Final.pdf