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Kenneth Burhanna Appointed Dean of Libraries at Kent State University
Kent State University has named Kenneth Burhanna dean of University Libraries, effective March 1, 2019. Burhanna served as interim dean of libraries at Kent State from July 2017 through February...
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Memorial: William Gosling, 1943–2019
William Gosling, University Librarian Emeritus and Curator Emeritus of the Children’s Literature Collection at University of Michigan, died on February 11, 2019, at age 76. At University of Michigan (U-M),...
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Infographic Shows How Fair Use Helps in Saving Software
In conjunction with Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2019, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is releasing an infographic that illustrates how fair use helps people preserve software for teaching, learning,...
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Memorial: Carlton Rochell, 1933–2018
Carlton C. Rochell Sr., who served as dean of libraries at New York University (NYU) from 1976 to 1999, died on December 23, 2018, at age 85 after a brief...
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Martha Whitehead Named Leader of Harvard Library
Martha Whitehead, image courtesy of Harvard University Harvard University has appointed Martha Whitehead as university librarian, vice president for the Harvard Library, and the Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the...
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John Wilkin Wins Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award 2019
The American Library Association (ALA) has selected John Wilkin, the Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as...
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Case Western Reserve University Wins ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award 2019
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) has selected Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Kelvin Smith Library to receive the 2019 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the university category....
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Register for CNI-ARL Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop to Be Held March 25–26 at Northeastern University
photo by Matthew Modoono / Northeastern University The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have opened registration for the next Digital Scholarship Planning Workshop,...
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AAU-APLU Working Group Discusses Public Access to Research Data at CNI Meeting—Video Online
Representatives of the Association of American Universities (AAU)–Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Public Access Working Group reported on an October 2018 workshop at the Coalition for Networked Information...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update, January 2019, Released by ARL
The latest Advocacy and Public Policy Update (PDF), by Prudence S. Adler and Krista L. Cox of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), covers key issues of interest to the research...