Comments on IPEDS Changes Sought by US Department of Education
image © CollegeDegrees360 The US Department of Education has issued a request for comments on planned changes to the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys. The 30-day Federal Register...
National Agenda for Digital Stewardship Released by NDSA
The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA), a consortium of more than 150 institutions committed to the long‐term preservation of digital information, recently released the 2014 National Agenda for Digital Stewardship....
ARL Selects Leadership Fellows for 2013–2015
image © Thomas Hawk ARL has selected 26 individuals to participate in the 2013–2015 ARL Leadership Fellows program—formerly the Research Library Leadership Fellows (RLLF) Program. This executive leadership program meets...
ARL Joins 86 Orgs, Internet Companies Demanding Committee Investigation, End to Dragnet Spying
image © François Proulx Yesterday, ARL joined with a broad, bipartisan coalition of 86 organizations and Internet companies—including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, reddit, Mozilla, and the American Civil Liberties Union—to...
LCA Files Amicus in HathiTrust Case, Joins Flood of Support from Higher Ed, Disability Groups, Nonprofits
HathiTrust On June 3, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief (PDF) in support of HathiTrust and its partners as they defend their district court victory on appeal...
Library Assessment Conference 2014 to Convene August 4–6 in Seattle
image © Chris Tarnawski Save the dates August 4–6, 2014, for the next Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be hosted in Seattle, Washington, by ARL and...
Research Library Leadership Fellows Program Call for Applications—Deadline June 14, 2013
image © Thomas Hawk ARL invites applications and nominations for participation in the 2013–2015 class of the Research Library Leadership Fellows (RLLF) Program. The RLLF Program is an executive leadership...
Library Value: Conceptualizing, Capturing & Communicating Impact
image © John Schniebel Registration is now open for a workshop on library value, to be hosted by ARL on Monday, July 1, 2013, in conjunction with the American Library Association...
ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research
image © Tom Lohdan Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically...
ARL and Ithaka S+R Release Findings on Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections
Photo of Jack Kerouac manuscript, image © Thomas Hawk ARL and Ithaka S+R today released Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries (PDF), a report on...
