Special Collections and Archives

• News and Resources about Scholars & Scholarship

  This page is an archive of news and resources shared on ARL's Scholars & Scholarship landing page. November 2019 Academic Special Collections and the Myths of Copyright (Journal of Copyright...

• Wikidata

  In 2018, ARL convened a task force of expert Wikidata users, which recommended a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of...

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  ARL/SAA Mosaic II Call for Fellowship Applications—Deadline February 28

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program II is now accepting applications for the 2019–2021 cohort. The program promotes diversification of the archives and special...

• York, Ryerson Universities Host Summit on Decolonizing Description in Libraries, Archives

  York University Libraries, in collaboration with Ryerson University Libraries in Toronto, hosted a summit, “In Our Own Words: Decolonizing Description in the Library and Archival Community,” June 14–15, 2018. The...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic Program 2018–2020 Fellows Selected

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program Selection Committee has accepted three master of library and information science (MLIS) students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic II Call for Applications—Deadline February 27

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program II is now accepting applications for the 2018–2019 cohort. The program promotes diversification of the archives and special...

• Holistic Librarianship Highlighted in Research Library Issues

  The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) explores different models and approaches to holistic librarianship and the convergence among librarians in a variety of roles. The articles in this...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows Attend Leadership Forum

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Society of American Archivists (SAA) hosted  the fourth ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Leadership Forum on July 25, 2017, in conjunction with the SAA Annual...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic Program 2017–2019 Fellows Selected

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program selection committee has accepted four master of library and information science (MLIS) students from historically underrepresented racial and...

• ARL/SAA Mosaic II Call for Applications—Deadline February 28

  The second iteration of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program is now accepting applications for the 2017–2019 cohort. The program promotes much-needed diversification of...

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