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Information Integrity
Research libraries play a critical role in advocating for laws, policies, and regulations that advance information integrity. This includes ensuring that research security requirements do not inhibit fundamental research; strengthening...
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Research Data Management and Sharing Policies
Academic research libraries are key partners on campuses providing research data services and infrastructure for faculty, students and staff. Since 2003—when the first policy was published—ARL has been actively engaged...
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Accelerating the Social Impact of Research (ASIR)
The social impact of research, whether it is examining educational and economic disparities, developing new medications, or understanding environmental challenges, is a key component of higher education and research institutions...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative
Public access to research data is critical to advancing science and solving real world problems. In recent years a number of funding agencies have required the management and broad sharing...
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Accelerating Standards for 3D Data to Improve Long-Term Usability
Have you ever virtually walked on Mars or ridden a buggy on the moon? Perhaps you’ve viewed 3D images of mastodons or dinosaurs online? If you’ve done any of these...
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Libraries and Librarians as Key Partners in Accelerating Public Access to Research Data
The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have released their Guide to Accelerate Public Access to Research Data, the result of two...
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Fair Use Best Practices for Open Educational Resources Endorsed by ARL
Iconic news images from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s can be powerful tools to help students ground events like the murder of George Floyd in their...