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Georgia State University E-Reserves Case: Eleventh Circuit Endorses Flexible Approach to Fair Use
On Friday, October 17, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its ruling in the Georgia State University (GSU) case concerning the use of excerpts of...
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SHARE Director Tyler Walters Speaks with Library Journal
Library Journal (LJ) recently interviewed Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, on the beginning of his two-year appointment as the founding director of SHARE. SHARE, which stands...
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ARL Fall Forum on Scholarly Monograph Featured in Inside Higher Ed
On October 9, ARL hosted its Fall Forum 2014, “Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph,” convened by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at University of California,...
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ARL Board of Directors 2014–2015 Elected by ARL Membership
Deborah Jakubs, ARL president, image © Duke University Deborah Jakubs, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway university librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University, began a one-year term as...
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Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, Published by ARL
ARL has released Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, which explores ARL member libraries’ activities related to support of faculty and researcher publishing of scholarly works. The publication...
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Tyler Walters Appointed SHARE Director
Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, has been named SHARE’s founding director, beginning on October 13, 2014. Walters has been involved integrally in SHARE since its inception,...
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Carlette Washington-Hoagland Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Diversity and Leadership
ARL has appointed Carlette Washington-Hoagland as a visiting program officer (VPO) for diversity and leadership programs, effective today, October 1, 2014. Washington-Hoagland will take the lead in managing the assessment...
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar for New Assessment Professionals
Registration is now open for “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,” to be held in Washington, DC, May 14–15,...
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Jordan Eschler and Olivia Dorsey Receive Paul Evan Peters Fellowships
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)—sponsored by ARL and EDUCAUSE—has announced the selection of doctoral student Jordan Eschler and master’s student Olivia Dorsey as the 2014 recipients of the Paul...
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Earnstein Dukes Named Interim Dean of Libraries at Texas Tech
Texas Tech University has appointed Earnstein Dukes as interim dean of libraries, effective September 1, 2014. Dukes has served as associate dean of libraries at Texas Tech since 2003. She...