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Memorial: Edward R. Johnson, 1940–2013
Edward R. Johnson, dean of the Oklahoma State University Library from 1987 to his retirement in 2003, passed away on April 25, 2013, at the age of 72. Johnson was...
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LibQUAL+® to Offer Workshop at Northumbria Conference on Performance Measurement
ARL is sponsoring a LibQUAL+ Exchange of Experience workshop on Monday, July 22, 2013, in conjunction with the 10th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services,...
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GWU Appoints Geneva Henry University Librarian and Vice Provost
Geneva Henry, executive director of digital scholarship services at Rice University and former ARL RLLF fellow, has been named the George Washington University (GWU) university librarian and vice provost for...
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Library Copyright Alliance Supports Georgia State University in Amicus Brief
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed a “friend of the court” brief (PDF) late yesterday in support of Georgia State University (GSU) in the appeal of Cambridge U. Press et...
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Boston Public Library President Amy Ryan Welcomes Patrons Back to Central Library
Dear Friend of the Library, On April 15, the Boston Marathon and the Commonwealth’s celebration of Patriots’ Day were suddenly and sadly overtaken by tragic events. In the days that...
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ARL Applauds Judiciary Committee Action to Reform Privacy Laws
On Thursday, April 25, the US Senate Judiciary Committee took another crucial step toward fixing outdated privacy laws by endorsing a bill proposed by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) that includes...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Penn State, Rochester, Cornell, a New York Minute, Kansas, Memphis, Vanderbilt
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the fifth in a series of informal reports from his visits. During the...
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UCLA Appoints Virginia Steel University Librarian
Virginia "Ginny" Steel, university librarian at University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, has been appointed university librarian at UC Los Angeles, effective July 15, 2013. For details, see the April...
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Expanded Public Access to Federally Funded Research: AAU, APLU, ARL Issue Call to Action
Today the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on...
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DPLA Appoints New Board Members, Announces New Committees
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors: Robert Darnton, the Carl H. Pforzheimer university professor and university...
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