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ARL Releases RLI 282 on Library Budgets, Journal Bundles, Reference Staffing
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282, which features articles on ARL library budgets over the past two years, subscriptions to journal collections from large publishers, and the...
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ARL’s Tricia Donovan Appointed Coordinator of Professional Education and Project Support, U Maryland iSchool
Tricia Donovan has resigned as communications and project coordinator at ARL, effective June 28, 2013. She is taking the position of coordinator of professional education and project support at the...
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Sequester Unpacked: Video Explains Impact of Federal Budget Cuts
NDD United—a campaign representing 3,200 organizations, including ARL, working to stop budget cuts to core US government functions—has released a 3-minute video that explains the impact of disproportionate cuts in...
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Iowa Appoints John Culshaw University Librarian
John P. Culshaw, senior associate dean of libraries at the University of Colorado Boulder and 2011–2012 ARL Research Library Leadership Fellow, has been named university librarian for the University of...
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Clifford Lynch Profiled as Digital Preservation Pioneer
The Library of Congress blog The Signal: Digital Preservation featured CNI executive director Clifford Lynch in its Digital Preservation Pioneer series on May 29. The profile's author, Mike Ashenfelder, writes,...
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ARL’s Brandon Butler Named Practitioner-in-Residence at AU Law School
Brandon Butler has resigned as director of public policy initiatives at ARL, effective July 15, 2013. He is taking the position of practitioner-in-residence at the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic,...
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Peter Suber Named Director of Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication
The Harvard Library and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have appointed SPARC senior researcher Peter Suber as director of the Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC),...
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Texas A&M, UT Open Joint Library Facility
Today the Texas A&M University (TAMU) and University of Texas (UT) systems are opening a Joint Library Facility at TAMU’s Riverside Campus. The $6.3 million, 18,000-square-foot facility will house more...
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CARL Asks Prime Minister to Consult Community in Hiring Librarian & Archivist of Canada
On May 21, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to consult with the library and archival community during the...
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Public Libraries Survey Search & Compare Tools Updated with FY 2011 Data
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has updated its Public Libraries in the United States Survey (PLS) search and compare tools with FY 2011 unimputed data. The survey...