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Virginia Tech Open Access Fund Helps VT Students and Faculty Publish Research
In August 2012, the Virginia Tech (VT) University Libraries, in partnership with VT’s Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Research,...
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SHARE Launches Monthly E-Newsletter—Sign Up and Share
SHARE Update (June 2014)We are pleased to publish the inaugural issue of the SHARE Update. As you may know, SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) is a higher education and research...
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Copyright MOOC To Be Offered by Duke, Emory, and UNC Chapel Hill
Copyright for Educators and Librarians is a new four-week MOOC (massive open online course) designed to provide a basic introduction to US copyright law and to empower teachers and librarians...
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ARL Joins Coalition in Advocating for Surveillance Reform
On June 18, 2014, ARL joined 36 organizations that engage on privacy and surveillance issues in a letter (PDF) to US Senate leadership expressing concerns with the version of the...
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Adriene Lim Named Dean of Libraries at U Oregon
University of Oregon (UO) has appointed Adriene Lim as the Philip H. Knight dean of libraries, effective July 28, 2014. Lim has served as dean of libraries at Oakland University in...
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Email Privacy Act Cosponsored by Majority of House of Representatives; ARL Applauds Milestone in ECPA Reform
ARL is pleased that on June 17, 2014, the Email Privacy Act, H.R. 1852, reached a milestone of 218 cosponsors, representing support from a majority of the members of the...
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Toby Graham Named University Librarian and Associate Provost of UGA Libraries
University of Georgia (UGA) has appointed Toby Graham as university librarian and associate provost of UGA Libraries, effective September 1, 2014. Graham has served as deputy university librarian at UGA since...
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Controversial FIRST Bill Moves Forward
On May 28, 2014, the US House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Committee passed the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act of 2014, H.R. 4186. The...
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Call for Applicants for Paul Evan Peters Fellowship—Deadline June 24, 2014
The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship—sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE—was established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI's founding...
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Future-Proofing the Research Library: Sarah Thomas Delivers Judith Nadler Vision Lecture
On May 22, 2014, Sarah Thomas, vice president for the Harvard Library and Roy E. Larsen librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, presented the inaugural Judith...
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