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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on American Research Environment
On November 26, 2019, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a “Request for Information on the American Research Environment.” The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) welcomes...
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ARL Comments on Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing
On November 6, 2019, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a request for public comments on a DRAFT NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental DRAFT...
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HuMetricsHSS Develops Values-based Scholarly Measures
What would it look like if measures for assessing scholarship embodied humane values like equity, openness, collegiality, quality, and community? Across disciplines, incentives and reward structures in academia are widely...
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Virginia Tech Libraries Advance Digital Scholarship: 22nd Profile in ARL Series
The latest installment in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) series highlighting digital scholarship work at ARL member libraries features Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech profile, written by ARL director...
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Library Digital Scholarship Support Profile: Virginia Tech
University Libraries https://lib.vt.edu/ Organizational model: Distributed Staff: While all 155 library employees support digital scholarship to some degree, key teams supporting digital scholarship include the following: Collections and Technical Services...
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IARLA Welcomes Plan S Move toward Open Access Environment
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Executive Committee approves the following statement released today by the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), of which ARL is a founding member....
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Statement: ARL Supports University of California Libraries’ Commitment to Barrier-Free Access to Information
As approved by the ARL Board of Directors on September 27, 2019 The Libraries of the University of California (UC) are seeking transformative agreements with publishers such that access to...
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OA in the Open White Paper Surfaces Challenges, Opportunities, Next Steps for Open Access Collecting
A new white paper from the Supporting OA Collections in the Open project documents a series of conversations with librarians with expertise in collections, acquisitions, scholarly communication, and administration, from...
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National Science Foundation Funds Library and Higher Education Associations to Host Conference on Implementing Effective Data Practices
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the California Digital Library (CDL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) will jointly convene an...
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TOME Open Monograph Initiative Reports Progress, Identifies Next Steps
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) jointly hosted a meeting on July 22, 2019, in Washington, DC,...