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ARL Strategic Thinking and Design Interactive Website Available
ARL has developed an interactive web interface that facilitates exploration of the database of text mined from university, library, and IT strategic plans as part of ARL’s Strategic Thinking and...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2016—Deadline July 17, 2015
ARL is seeking proposals for 2016 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...
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Organizations Around the World Denounce Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
On April 30, 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles. This policy represents a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge,...
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SHARE Highlighted by OCLC Research’s Evolving Scholarly Record Report
OCLC Research recently interviewed ARL’s Judy Ruttenberg, a member of the SHARE Operations Team, to supplement the report The Evolving Scholarly Record. The report presents a framework that describes the...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Application Deadline Extended to May 27
ARL has extended the application deadline for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) to Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The ARL IRDW is a program designed to recruit master...
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SPEC Survey Webcast Series Launched by ARL
ARL is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast...
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Data Visualization Webcast Videos Now Online
Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau software, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. Video recordings of ARL’s recent web...
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Rikk Mulligan Recognized as Outstanding Journal Reviewer by Liverpool University Press
Liverpool University Press (LUP) has chosen ARL program officer for scholarly publishing and American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) public fellow Rikk Mulligan to receive one of the press’s inaugural Awards...
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ARL Joins Hague Declaration for Changes to Intellectual Property Law, Equal Access to Knowledge
More than 50 organizations around the world—including ARL—have signed the Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age, which calls for immediate changes to intellectual property (IP) law and...
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Scholarly Output Assessment Activities, SPEC Kit 346, Published by ARL
ARL has released Scholarly Output Assessment Activities, SPEC Kit 346, which explores current ARL member library activities that help scholars manage and measure their output and impact. These activities include...
