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ClimateQUAL Survey Helps Libraries Assess, Improve Organizational Environment for Diversity, Inclusion—Register Now for 2020
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invites academic and research libraries to participate in ClimateQUAL, an organizational climate and diversity survey designed specifically for libraries. For over a dozen years,...
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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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Press Coverage
Can an Online Library of Classic Video Games Ever Be Legal?, Ars Technica, April 25, 2024 No One Can Own the Law—So Why Is Congress Advancing a Bill to Extend...
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DataBridge Prepares Students for Careers in Data Science
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech is helping students develop skills to succeed in the fast-growing field of data science. DataBridge, an undergraduate research program offered by the libraries, provides...
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ARL Member Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the benefits of open access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to...
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What Do Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics of AI Mean in the Context of Research Libraries?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. With so much underway in the field, there is a need for research libraries to act, starting with clarifying AI ethics policies, principles,...
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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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Library Assessment Conference 2020 to Convene in the Chicago Area
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Washington (UW) Libraries are planning the next Library Assessment Conference, which will be held in Rosemont, Illinois, October 26–28, 2020....
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Susan Gibbons Named Vice Provost for Collections and Scholarly Communications at Yale University
Susan Gibbons, the Stephen F. Gates ’68 University Librarian and deputy provost for collections and scholarly communication at Yale University, has been appointed Yale’s vice provost for collections and scholarly...
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Memorial: Barbara von Wahlde, 1937–2019
Barbara Ketterman von Wahlde, former associate vice president for university libraries at University at Buffalo, SUNY, died on June 14, 2019, at age 81. Von Wahlde led the University at...