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OA in the Open White Paper Surfaces Challenges, Opportunities, Next Steps for Open Access Collecting
A new white paper from the Supporting OA Collections in the Open project documents a series of conversations with librarians with expertise in collections, acquisitions, scholarly communication, and administration, from...
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National Science Foundation Funds Library and Higher Education Associations to Host Conference on Implementing Effective Data Practices
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the California Digital Library (CDL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) will jointly convene an...
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TOME Open Monograph Initiative Reports Progress, Identifies Next Steps
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) jointly hosted a meeting on July 22, 2019, in Washington, DC,...
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Press and Library Directors Explore “A World Not Dependent on Sales”
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) hosted the third meeting of press and library directors with reporting relationships (P2L3) in Detroit, Michigan, on...
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Library Digital Scholarship Support Profile: Ohio State University
OSU Research Commons Programming established in 2014 Research Commons opened in 2016 https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons/ Staff: 5 library faculty and 3 staff Campus Partners: https://library.osu.edu/researchcommons/about/partners/ Overview The Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries...
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Data Curation Network Makes More Research Data Available to All
Research data has the most impact when other researchers and the public can find it and use it to build upon the original researcher’s findings. Researchers struggle with sharing their...
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Data Science Revolution Highlighted in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) looks at the critical role and participation of libraries and librarians in supporting the data science revolution at research universities. Authors from...
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ARL White Paper on Wikidata Highlights Use of Open Knowledge in Scholarly Communication, Special Collections
In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in...
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Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Jennifer Muilenburg Named ARL Visiting Program Officers for Research Data
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Cynthia Hudson-Vitale of Penn State University and Jennifer Muilenburg of University of Washington as part-time visiting program officers for research data, effective...
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Academy, Library Leaders Identify Actions to Promote Open Scholarship in Social Sciences
image CC-BY by Jer Thorp The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) gathered more than 30 leaders of scholarly communities, research libraries, and funding...