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Persistent Identifiers Connect a Scholarly Record with Many Versions
In the past few months, we’ve seen large commercial publishers express renewed concern that green open access (OA)—sharing author manuscripts in open repositories—threatens the scholarly record because multiple versions undermine...
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Making the Library More Inclusive by Learning from Black Students
Duke University Libraries staff are using findings from an in-depth study of Black students to make library spaces and services more welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. Black undergraduates and graduate students...
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Three Things You Might Not Know about Presidential Records and Transitions
The week after President Biden’s inauguration, Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) David S. Ferriero, who was hired by President Obama to transform the relationship between people and their government,...
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Celebrating Black History Month 2021 at ARL Member Libraries
The following list includes events, exhibits, and resources at ARL Member libraries in celebration of Black History Month. Events | Exhibits | News and Blog Posts | Resources Events...
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, has been designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. ARL member libraries and archives hold vast collections of...
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
ARL member libraries are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021 with exhibits and educational events. Below is a list of activities. University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press Art...
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Why We Celebrate Public Domain Day
Have you ever seen an eighth-grade production of Romeo and Juliet? You may be interested to know that classroom productions would not be possible to put on in a cost-effective...
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Text and Data Mining Exemption to Digital Millennium Copyright Act Would Advance Knowledge of Diverse Works
This week, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), as a member of the Library Copyright Alliance, joined the Authors Alliance and the American Association of University Professors in submitting a...
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Judith H. Katz Discusses Structural Equity and Inclusion for Research Libraries and Archives
ARL Executive Director Mary Lee Kennedy talked with Judith H. Katz, Executive Vice President Emeritus, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, about improving structural equity and inclusion in research libraries and...
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ARL Fall Forum 2020 Explores Leading Libraries toward Anti-racism in a Changing World
As the 2020 recipient of the Julia C. Blixrud scholarship, I attended the ARL Fall Forum, titled “Leading Libraries toward Anti-racism in a Changing World,” which remains a clear highlight...
