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ARL Celebrates the Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) on His Retirement
After 12 years of distinguished service as the 10th archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero will retire in April 2022. President Obama appointed Ferriero in 2009. He was...
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Library and Archives Associations Call on Members to Take Action on US National Day of Racial Healing
On January 18, 2022, the sixth annual US National Day of Racial Healing, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Society of American Archivists...
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ARL Board Affirms Transparency as Core Operating Principle of Licensing
At its summer meeting, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors approved the following statement, reiterating a long-standing licensing best practice of declining to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs)...
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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
On June 28, 2021, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a "Request for Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies." The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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ARL Welcomes Researcher-First Policies in Bills to Reauthorize US National Science Foundation
On behalf of the leaders of 125 major research libraries, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to see that the US House of Representatives included the following policies...
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ARL Supports Creation of US Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is proud to join civil society, higher education, racial justice, and other organizations dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the movement for US...
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Association of Research Libraries Welcomes Increased Investment in Research and Data Sharing in Reauthorization of National Science Foundation
Progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of public investment in basic scientific research and rapid sharing of data. The pandemic has also deepened existing inequality in...
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ARL Signs On to Statement on Voting Rights by Higher Education Organizations
Today, the Association of Research Libraries signed on to the following "Statement on Voting Rights by Higher Education Organizations." Our educational institutions aspire to help create a just, vibrant, and...
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#StopAsianHate: ARL Statement on Violence against AAPI Communities
On March 16, a gunman shot and killed eight people, including six Asian women, in the Atlanta, Georgia, metro area. The next day, an Asian woman was violently attacked on...
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ARL Statement on New Transformative Publishing Agreement between the University of California and Elsevier
It is an exciting time in scholarly publishing. After walking away from negotiations with Elsevier in 2019, the University of California (UC) system has reached a full publish-and-read agreement with...