Our priority is to align library strategy, staffing, and spending to advance the principles and practices of open scholarship. Through collective action with partners in research and learning communities, we increase the amount of high-quality scholarship that is openly available, support our members to promote “open science by design” within their own institutions, and provide leadership on high-impact collective collections initiatives.
Research libraries partner in the creation of new research and scholarship while they also manage vast collections in print, special collections, media, and other formats. A new openness in scholarly and research environments is transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. We contribute to this transformation by deeply engaging with scholarly communities and acting collectively to reduce friction between users and the information they seek and create.
Contact Cynthia Hudson Vitale (cvitale@arl.org) or Judy Ruttenberg (judy@arl.org) to find out how you can get involved.
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Librarians Create Conditions for Researchers to Tackle Grand Challenges with Data Science
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the global scientific effort to develop treatments and vaccines, is the latest large-scale event to show the power and urgency of collaboration and data-sharing to solve...
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NC State University Libraries—Increasing the Public Impact of Research through Consultative Services
North Carolina (NC) State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Total student enrollment at NC State as of fall 2022 was 37,873, with 27,317 undergraduates,...
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New York University Libraries—Advancing Community Engagement through Faculty Cluster Hires
New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City and is the largest private university in the United States. Total student enrollment at NYU as...
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Open Access
Reports Investments in Open: Association of Research Libraries US Member Expenditures in Services, Collections, Staff, and Infrastructure in Support of Open Scholarship Report (November 2022) In this report, experts from...
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P+L: Presses and Library Publishing
P+L is a community of university presses and research libraries with whom they have a reporting relationship. Meeting since 2016, this group of press directors and university librarians focus on...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative
Public access to research data is critical to advancing science and solving real world problems. In recent years a number of funding agencies have required the management and broad sharing...
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Research Data Management and Sharing Policies
Academic research libraries are key partners on campuses providing research data services and infrastructure for faculty, students and staff. Since 2003—when the first policy was published—ARL has been actively engaged...
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SCOSS 2021 Update: Library Consortia Create Path for Funding Open Infrastructure
The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) will soon announce its third round of funding targets for open scholarly infrastructure providers. Since 2017, the SCOSS Board has worked...
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Simon Fraser University Library—Partnering with Research Office to Advance Knowledge Mobilization
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university based in Burnaby, British Columbia. Total student enrollment at SFU as of fall 2022 was 35,396, with 29,660 undergraduates, 5,736 and...
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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...