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Repositories of Accessible Scholarly Materials
This table includes descriptions of repositories of remediated and born-accessible materials that are available in the US, Canada, or both. While creating and sharing accessible copies of copyrighted materials is...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS), Phase II, Research Purpose for Participants
Background Information In 2023, the Association of Research Libraries was awarded a US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant (LG-254930-OLS-23) to continue research into institutional expenses...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, NSF-Funded Phase 1, 2021–2023
In 2021, the Association of Research Libraries and six academic institutions involved in the Data Curation Network (DCN) were awarded a US National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER grant (#2135874) to...
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Making Research Data Publicly Accessible: Estimates of Institutional & Researcher Expenses
Academic institutions have made significant investments to support public access to research data requirements, yet little to no data about these services, infrastructure, and costs currently exist or are widely...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Methodology 2022–2023 Surveys and Interviews
This report describes the methodology of research conducted during the first stage of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), from...
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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
The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative, led by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in collaboration with the Data Curation Network (DCN), is an ongoing research project investigating...
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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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