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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at US National Archives: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Register by Friday, October 10, to receive the early-bird discount on the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at the...
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Coalition Urges Congress to Ensure Fourth Amendment Protection for Digital Communication
On Constitution Day, September 17, 2014, ARL joined a coalition of businesses and civil rights, privacy, and public interest organizations in running an advertisement in Roll Call urging Congressional leaders...
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Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications—Deadline Nov. 3
ARL is now accepting applications for the Career Enhancement Program. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups, who have successfully completed a minimum...
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Next-Gen Learning Spaces, SPEC Kit 342, Published by ARL
ARL has released Next-Gen Learning Spaces, SPEC Kit 342, which explores the configuration and uses of learning spaces in ARL libraries, the developments and transformations that have occurred over the...
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SHARE Launches Brand Identity
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) has unveiled a logo and brand that reflects the initiative’s values and goals. SHARE is a higher education and research community initiative to ensure...
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U Maryland iSchool Appoints First MLS Advisory Board
The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, Maryland’s iSchool, announced on August 26, 2014, the formation of an inaugural Advisory Board for the Master of Library Science...
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Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, Published by ARL
ARL has released Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, which investigates what methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections,...
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Library Investment Index Summarizes Relative Size of ARL University Libraries for 2012–13
ARL has released the Library Investment Index for 2012–2013, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar...
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ARL Position Description Bank: Poster Session at IFLA 2014
University of Florida Libraries’ assistant program director for human resources, Bonnie Smith, will present a poster about the ARL Position Description (PD) Bank at the International Federation of Library Associations...
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Open Source Software, SPEC Kit 340, Published by ARL
ARL has released Open Source Software, SPEC Kit 340, which investigates ARL member libraries’ adoption and/or development of open source software (OSS) for functions such as integrated library system (ILS),...