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SHARE Releases Notification System Project Plan
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)—a joint initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)—released...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Syracuse: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Friday, February 21, 2014, is the last day to register at early-bird rates for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists...
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NLM Director Donald A. B. Lindberg to Receive Paul Evan Peters Award
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that Donald A. B. Lindberg, director, National Library of Medicine, has been...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses 2014 Open for Registration
Registration is open for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at several ARL member libraries in 2014. You do...
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Scope of Fair Use: Library Copyright Alliance Submits Statement for House Judiciary Hearing
Yesterday, January 28, 2014, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held another hearing on copyright review. This hearing focused on the scope...
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Elliott Shore Edits E-Content Department of EDUCAUSE Review, Focuses on Coherence at Scale
This month, ARL executive director Elliott Shore begins a one-year term as editor of the E-Content department of EDUCAUSE Review, EDUCAUSE’s bimonthly magazine about IT and higher education. Under Shore’s...
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Metadata Games Crowdsources Data Collection through Gaming
On January 22, 2014, Tiltfactor Laboratory at Dartmouth College launched Metadata Games, a digital gaming platform for gathering data on photo, audio, and moving image artifacts. The platform encourages players...
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Edge Initiative for Public Library Technology Assessment Launches
The Edge Initiative, a new leadership and management tool for libraries that want to improve their public technology services, invites participation by public libraries across the United States. As of...
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Appropriations Bill Restores Some Funding, Requires Public Access to Federally Funded Research
The US House of Representatives and the US Senate on January 16, 2014, approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which will fund the federal government through FY 2014. President Obama...
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Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments Passed by House
On January 14, the US House of Representations unanimously approved the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014. The legislation, H.R. 1233, updates selected provisions of the Presidential Records...
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