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New Institutional Collaborations at the MAP Pilot Workshop
Representatives from the Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) pilot institutions and other institutions interested in the implementation of machine-actionable data management plans (maDMPs) gathered on September 15 and 16 in Washington,...
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ARL Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
Join us in honoring Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15). Below is a roundup of blog posts, exhibits, and other resources from our member libraries. Arizona State University Chicano/a Research...
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John Unsworth on Libraries, Higher Education, and Anti-Fascism
John Unsworth retired this month as university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia (UVA), after more than nine years in the role. We chatted with him...
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The Vital Role of Sustainability in Academic Libraries
Editor’s note: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a partner of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) to give ARL members access to sustainability resources and tools and to advance sustainability in...
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ARL Celebrates Disability Pride Month 2025
Like many others, the rights and liberties of our disabled friends were not an automatic phenomenon—it took the work of generations of determined individuals to advocate for this cohort. Disability...
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Impacting Teaching and Learning Through an Open Educational Resources Initiative
The Rutgers University Libraries Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Program launched in 2016 and has become a signature program with goals meant to enhance access to education, contribute to student...
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ARL Joins Academic Library and Publishing Associations to Affirm Shared Commitment to Scientific Integrity
In the face of dramatic actions by the Trump administration to restructure the US scientific enterprise, ARL joined with association colleagues in the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL);...
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Repertoires: How Forest Research Outlives Its Institutions
A mature forest can take decades to regenerate after it is harvested for timber. But what happens when the human institutions charged with its management change course or even disappear...
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Impacting Scholarly Communication: From Cells to Society
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of ARL Research & Analytics Impact Reports, which capture transformative effects of specific research library programs on students, researchers, communities, and/or...
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Gale Etschmaier Reflects on Her Wide-Ranging Career and the Profession
Gale Etschmaier is retiring this month as dean of University Libraries at Florida State University (FSU), after almost seven years at FSU and more than thirty years in academic library...
