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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at U Minnesota: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Register by Monday, May 26, 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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Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: LCA Submits Comments to Copyright Office
On Friday, May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted additional comments on orphan works and mass digitization (PDF) in response to the US Copyright Office’s notice of inquiry....
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Library Associations Select Robert Oakley Scholarship Winner
On May 13, 2014, the American Library Association (ALA) awarded Carla Myers the 2014 Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship. The Library Copyright Alliance—which consists of ALA, the Association of Research...
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Barbara Dewey Receives Multicultural Leadership Award
The Pennsylvania State University’s Council of College Multicultural Leadership (CCML) recently presented Barbara I. Dewey, dean of university libraries and scholarly communications at Penn State, the Award for University Administration...
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FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality
At an open meeting held on May 15, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the issue of “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” or net neutrality. The FCC voted...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference 2014
ARL and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) 2014 Annual Conference to be held in Las Vegas this summer. Highlights include: Library Assessment ForumFriday, June...
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Web Accessibility Toolkit for Research Libraries Launched by ARL
On the third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is proud to announce the availability of a new resource for the ARL membership and...
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CLIR Board Elects New Members
The board of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) elected eight new members at the spring 2014 board meeting: Dan Cohen, executive director, Digital Public Library of America...
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Stanley Wilder Named Dean of LSU Libraries
Louisiana State University (LSU) has appointed Stanley Wilder as dean of LSU Libraries, effective July 1, 2014, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors. Wilder is currently university librarian...
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EDUCAUSE President and CEO Diana Oblinger to Retire
Diana G. Oblinger, EDUCAUSE president and CEO, announced that she will retire in March 2015. Oblinger joined EDUCAUSE, a higher education technology association, in 2004 as a vice president and was named...