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Building Trust Through Collective Action: Key Takeaways from ARL’s Fall 2025 Meeting
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened in National Harbor, Maryland, earlier this month. Attended by the member representatives of ARL’s 125 member libraries, 65+ participants in ARL’s Leadership and...
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Robert H. McDonald Appointed Senior Vice Provost and Director of University of Texas Libraries
Robert H. McDonald, dean of University Libraries and senior vice provost of Online and Extended Education at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder, has been appointed as the new senior...
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Gale Etschmaier Reflects on Her Wide-Ranging Career and the Profession
Gale Etschmaier is retiring this month as dean of University Libraries at Florida State University (FSU), after almost seven years at FSU and more than thirty years in academic library...
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Seven Takeaways from the Spring 2025 Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the end of April. Attended by the member representatives of its 125 member libraries and invited guests and speakers,...
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Global Perspectives on Librarianship from lorraine j. haricombe
lorraine j. haricombe will retire from her position as vice provost and director of the University of Texas Libraries at the end of August after leading the libraries for almost...
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Parting Thoughts from Harriette Hemmasi
At the end of August, Harriette Hemmasi will be stepping down from her role as dean of Georgetown University Libraries, a position she has held for seven years. Before her...
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UC Riverside Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Team Builds Promising Communication Prototype
The Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot project team from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the California Digital Library (CDL) continued its site visits to pilot institutions with a...
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Marcel LaFlamme Named ARL Director, Research Policy and Scholarship
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Marcel LaFlamme as director, Research Policy and Scholarship, effective November 12, 2024. Marcel currently serves as an open research manager at the...
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ARL Seeks Director of Research Policy and Scholarship
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) seeks an exceptional colleague to further the Association’s advocacy, scholarship, and policy agenda. The director of Research Policy and Scholarship will serve at the...
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Research Libraries Prepare for a World of AI-Influenced Research and Scholarship
As organizations uniquely responsible for the past, the present, and the future of scholarship, research libraries have extensive experience with disruptive technology. Building on their rich history of embracing digital...
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