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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Boston Area
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the second in a series of informal reports from his visits. I continue...
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Oklahoma Appoints Carl Grant Associate Dean & CTO
The University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries have tapped Carl Grant to serve as their new associate dean for knowledge services and chief technology officer. Grant is currently an independent consultant...
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ARL-CARL Joint Statement in Support of Dale Askey and McMaster University
ARL and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) share a commitment to freedom of opinion and expression of ideas and are strongly opposed to any effort to intimidate individuals...
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Library Assessment Conference Award-Winning Posters Now Online
ARL is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Library Assessment Conference poster session. The awards were presented on October 29, 2012, at the conference in Charlottesville, Virginia. The...
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ARL to Host National Digital Stewardship Resident: Apply by April 5
ARL has been selected as one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) program, launched by the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum...
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Cornell Displays Emancipation Proclamation
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Cornell University Library is publicly displaying its original copy, which holds some little-known history. President Abraham Lincoln signed the library’s copy...
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Tributes to Library Assessment Career Achievement Award Winners Now Online
ARL has released YouTube videos of presentations honoring the 2012 Library Assessment Career Achievement Award Winners, along with transcripts of the awardees’ acceptance speeches. These awards recognize individuals with substantial...
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ARL Position Description Bank Launches
Would you like to search job descriptions at your peer libraries from a single interface? Could you use a digital archive of job descriptions from your own institution? The new...
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Hiring the Next Wave of Multicultural Librarians
This National Journal article about recruiting minority librarians into the profession features ARL’s Diversity Programs and Director of Diversity & Leadership Programs Mark A. Puente. “For the librarian workforce to...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Southern California
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the first in a series of informal reports from his visits. When I...