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Library Assessment Forum to Explore Value of E-Books in Academic Libraries
ARL will host a Library Assessment Forum at the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, featuring research on the value of e-books in academic libraries conducted at...
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Library Copyright Alliance Applauds Introduction of Unlocking Technology Act
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauds the introduction in the US House of Representatives on May 9, 2013, of H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013, by Reps. Zoe...
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ARL Membership Meeting Spring 2013 Slides Available Online
Speakers’ slides from the ARL Membership Meeting held May 1–3 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, are now on the ARL website. Available slides include: “Academic Preservation Trust: Why? What? When?...
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CRL Announces New Board Members, Officers
Three new members were elected to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Board of Directors for a three-year term at the CRL Annual Council Meeting on April 19, 2013: Lars...
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LibValue Webcast on Comprehensive Approaches to Defining Library Value: Video Online
The video of the webcast "LibValue: Comprehensive Approaches to Defining Library Value" presented on May 9, 2013, is now available on ARL's YouTube channel. This webcast provides an overview of...
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White House Takes Historic Steps to Open Up Government Data
Today President Obama signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to make government data more accessible to the public. Under the terms of the Executive Order, "Making Open and Machine Readable...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2014—Deadline July 12, 2013
ARL is seeking proposals for 2014 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...
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Duke Libraries Uses Mellon Grant to Support Digital Classics
Duke University Libraries is establishing a new unit, Duke Collaboratory for Classics Computing (DC3), that will use digital technologies to analyze some of the world's oldest documents and artifacts. Funded...
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ARL Sponsors Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP)
ARL today joined major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust, and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognizes the use of scientific research, published...
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U Alberta Appoints Gerald Beasley Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian
Gerald Beasley, university librarian at Concordia University in Montreal and former ARL RLLF fellow, has been appointed vice-provost and chief librarian at the University of Alberta, effective July 1, 2013,...
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