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ARL White Paper on Wikidata Highlights Use of Open Knowledge in Scholarly Communication, Special Collections
In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in...
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ARL Positions on Open Access Principles and Practices
A new openness in scholarly and research environments is transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. Open practices accelerate the dissemination of scholars’ work and improve its quality, impact,...
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Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Jennifer Muilenburg Named ARL Visiting Program Officers for Research Data
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Cynthia Hudson-Vitale of Penn State University and Jennifer Muilenburg of University of Washington as part-time visiting program officers for research data, effective...
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Comment: ARL Feedback on Plan S Open Access Implementation Guidelines
A group of European funders, cOAlition S, has released implementation guidelines for a bold vision—called Plan S—to make full and immediate open access (OA) a reality. The coalition has requested...
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Academy, Library Leaders Identify Actions to Promote Open Scholarship in Social Sciences
image CC-BY by Jer Thorp The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) gathered more than 30 leaders of scholarly communities, research libraries, and funding...
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ARL-SSRC Meeting on Open Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Summary and Next Steps
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) gathered more than 30 leaders of scholarly communities, research libraries, and funding organizations in December 2018 to...
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Register for CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop to Be Held March 25–26 at Northeastern University
photo by Matthew Modoono / Northeastern University The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have opened registration for the next Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop,...
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Radical Collaboration in Research Data Management Explored in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI), gathers reflections by six archivists and librarians on the practice of radical collaboration applied to research data management (RDM). Archivist Nancy McGovern...
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Peter Potter Named ARL Visiting Program Officer to Advance TOME Open Monograph Initiative
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Peter Potter as a visiting program officer (VPO) to advance TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), starting in January 2019. TOME is...
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ARL-SSRC Meeting on Open Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Prework Interview Report
This post is by Philip N. Cohen. In preparation for the December invitational meeting on open scholarship in social sciences, hosted by the Association of Research Libraries and the Social...
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