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Fair Use Supports Accessibility, but You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It
Updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II regulations will take effect on April 24, requiring state and local government websites and digital content to meet accessibility standards. As libraries...
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ARL Celebrates Black History Month 2026
Join ARL and our member libraries in celebrating Black history in February. Below is a roundup of events, blog posts, exhibits, and other resources that showcase opportunities to learn, experience,...
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ARL Libraries Love Data Week
During Love Data Week, the international celebration of data focuses on building and engaging community around good data practice. ARL member libraries are enthusiastic supporters of Love Data Week—see below for...
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Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression...
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Elizabeth Cowell on Finding Work-Life Balance and Lowering Barriers to Information Access
Elizabeth Cowell retired from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz at the end of 2025 after 18 years at the institution. ARL caught up with Elizabeth about all that...
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How Congress Can Improve Accessibility and Digital Access
For EFF Copyright Week 2026: Device and Digital Ownership Every three years since 2003, disability rights advocates and library associations have petitioned the US Copyright Office for permission to access...
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Lisa O’Hara: Librarianship Is All About the People
Before retiring from the University of Manitoba at the end of 2025, Lisa O’Hara chatted with ARL about her career and research librarianship—see the interview below. Sam: Would you like...
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Repertoires: How Researchers Struggle to Stay in Sync
The last few working days of a very long year are an apt moment to reflect on how we experience time within the research enterprise. A recent book by science...
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Revisiting the Library Copyright Alliance Statement on AI and Copyright
Have you heard of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)? We are the voice of the library community on copyright policy. Our founding members—the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the...
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Impacting Digital Scholarship: Flexible Web-Hosting Service Through CreateFSU
CreateFSU, the FSU-branded instance of Reclaim Hosting’s web-hosting service, was launched by Florida State University (FSU) Libraries in 2021 to provide faculty, staff, and students with a platform to showcase...
