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ARL, ACRL, Oberlin Group of Libraries Urge Library Vendors to Continue Free Access, Hold Subscription Prices Steady during COVID-19 Pandemic
The academic library community appreciates the ways that library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and...
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IARLA Statement on Access to Digital Content for Education and Research during the Period of COVID-19 Response
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), representing the research libraries of Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is today amplifying the calls that our...
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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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ARL Urges Publishers to Maximize Access to Digital Content during COVID-19 Pandemic
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joins global library associations in urging publishers to maximize access to digital content during the emergency conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an...
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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Comments on Desirable Characteristics of Repositories
Update: On May 26, 2022, the White House released new guidance to ensure federally funded research data equitably benefits all of America. ARL's comments (below) were part of the consultation...
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Mitigating COVID-19: The Contribution Research Libraries Are Making
COVID-19 is an unprecedented pandemic for most of us. Research libraries have rapidly responded to the shifting needs of their communities and worked collectively to adapt, alongside public health officials,...
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ARL Statement on FY 2021 Budget Cuts to Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries opposes FY 2021 budget cuts to US libraries and the Institute of Museum and Library Services On February 10, 2020, President Trump released a budget...
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IARLA Signs Open Letter Calling for Expedition to COUNTER Release 5
Members of the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), alongside a number of international academic library organizations, have signed an open letter calling for the expedition to Release 5...
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Association of Research Libraries Condemns Racist and Anti-Semitic Acts at Syracuse University
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) denounces and abhors the recent acts of racist and anti-Semitic violence and hate speech that have taken place on the campus of Syracuse University....
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ARL Supports MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts
As approved by the ARL Board of Directors on November 6, 2019 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) supports the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts as an important pathway to...