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Heather Berringer Appointed Acting University Librarian at University of British Columbia through December
The University of British Columbia (UBC) has named Heather Berringer acting university librarian from October 15 through December 31, 2016, while the interim university librarian, Melody Burton, is on leave....
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Open Scholarship Early and Often: Register to Join This Community Conversation on March 22 at ACRL 2017
It is gratifying to see the growing number of academic institutions and private and public funding sources that now require open or public access to sponsored research publications and data....
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ARL Board of Directors 2016–2017 Elected by ARL Membership
Mary Case, photo by Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Mary M. Case, university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago, began a one-year term as president of the Association...
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Rhea Ballard-Thrower Named Executive Director of Howard University Libraries
Howard University has appointed Rhea Ballard-Thrower as associate professor and executive director of the libraries, effective September 2016. Ballard-Thrower was previously associate professor and director of the Howard University School...
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Rebecca Mugridge Named Dean of Libraries at University at Albany
University at Albany has appointed Rebecca Mugridge as dean of University Libraries, effective August 26, 2016. Mugridge served as interim dean and director of libraries since July 2015. She joined...
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Memorial: Graham Roderick Hill, 1946–2016
Graham Roderick Hill, university librarian at McMaster University for 26 years, died at the age of 70 on April 13, 2016. Hill began his career at McMaster in 1971 as a...
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Megan Potterbusch Selected as Association of Research Libraries National Digital Stewardship Resident for 2016–2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will serve as a second-time host to a National Digital Stewardship Resident (NDSR) in 2016–2017. ARL is one of five organizations in the Baltimore-Washington...
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Supports Digital Scholarship: Eighth Profile in ARL Series
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the eighth profile in a series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries. The latest installment in this series features the...
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ARL/Wikipedia Summit Promotes Deeper Collaboration between Libraries and Wikipedia
It all started with a hunch. At the Fall 2015 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Meeting, ARL’s Innovation Lab hosted an “I’ve Got A Hunch” session. Rather than presenting fully...
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University of Iowa Libraries Supports Digital Scholarship: Seventh Profile in ARL Series
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the seventh profile in a series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries. The latest installment in this series features the...