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ARL Applauds US Senate Vote to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
Today, May 16, 2018, the United States Senate voted 52-47 in favor of protecting an open internet, a bedrock of equitable access to information. In mid-December 2017, the Federal Communications...
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Past, Present, and Future of Libraries Conference: Proposal Deadline Extended to May 22, 2018
In commemoration of the American Philosophical Society’s (APS) 275th anniversary, the APS Library—along with the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)—is hosting an interdisciplinary and...
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H. Carton Rogers III Endowed Position Established by University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Libraries Board of Overseers and the libraries’ Orrery Society Council have established, with a $3 million gift, the endowed H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost...
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John Culshaw Appointed Jack B. King University Librarian at University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI) has appointed UI university librarian John P. Culshaw as the first holder of the Jack B. King University Librarian Chair, effective April 19, 2018. The Jack...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Atlanta for Spring 2018 Meeting
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday–Thursday, April 24–26, 2018, for the 172nd Association Meeting. All available presentation slides...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Atlanta for Spring 2018 Meeting—Summary and Slides Online
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 24–26, 2018, for the 172nd Association Meeting. The meeting was convened...
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Net Neutrality Highlighted in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) explores the implications of the US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) reversal of its Open Internet Order, with a focus on research libraries...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline May 29, 2018
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime Association of Research Libraries (ARL) staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL established in 2015 the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship. The scholarship...
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ARL Sits Down with Mary Lee Kennedy for Q&A
In anticipation of Mary Lee Kennedy’s start as ARL executive director on April 1, I conducted a short, informal interview with her this month to introduce Mary Lee to those...
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ARL Urges US to Ratify Marrakesh Treaty, Improve Access to Publications for Visually Impaired
Today, March 15, 2018, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act (S. 2559) was introduced in the US Senate by Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA), Foreign Relations Committee...
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