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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference 2013
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference to be held in Chicago this summer. Highlights include: ARL/LibQUAL+ BoothFriday, June 28, 5:30...
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ARL, Coalition Support NSF Merit Review Process
This week ARL joined 109 other organizations as part of the Coalition for National Science Funding in a letter (PDF) to the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space,...
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ARL’s Brandon Butler Discusses MOOCs, Copyright, and Libraries
On May 15, Brandon Butler, director of public policy initiatives at ARL, spoke about “MOOCs and the Copyright Challenge: Fair Use in the Balance” as part of the Leading Voices...
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ARL Releases RLI 280 on OERs, E-Book Licensing, Research Library Trends
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280, which features articles on open educational resources (OERs) as an alternative to traditional textbooks, ARL's e-book licensing effort, and research library trends...
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Harvard Appoints Sarah Thomas VP for Library
Sarah Thomas, Bodley's librarian and director of the Bodleian Libraries at University of Oxford, has been appointed vice president for the Harvard Library, effective August 2013. In this role, Thomas...
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ARL, AAU, APLU Present Statements on Public Access to Data, Publications
This week, the National Research Council (NRC) is hosting four days of discussion on the recent White House memo, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research” (PDF)....
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U Michigan Appoints James Hilton Dean of Libraries
James L. Hilton, vice president and CIO at University of Virginia, has been appointed dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Michigan (U-M), effective September 1, 2013. He has...
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OCLC Appoints Skip Prichard President and CEO
Skip Prichard, consultant and former president and CEO of Ingram Content Group, has been appointed president and CEO of OCLC, effective July 1, 2013. Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan, who...
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ARL-ASSESS Google Group Invites Participation
All staff working in ARL member libraries are encouraged to join the ARL-ASSESS Google Group. Library assessment—planning and implementing decisions based on good data—permeates the whole organization, and the biennial...
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Library Copyright Alliance Comments on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
On May 10, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments (PDF) on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a trade agreement currently being negotiated between the US and the...
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