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ARL Fall Forum on Scholarly Monograph Featured in Inside Higher Ed
On October 9, ARL hosted its Fall Forum 2014, “Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph,” convened by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at University of California,...
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Infographic Shows How Libraries Are Champions for Academic Freedom and Balanced Copyright
Today, October 10, 2014, ARL released a new infographic that tells the story of how libraries are champions for academic freedom and balanced copyright policies. The infographic explains the threat...
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ARL Board of Directors 2014–2015 Elected by ARL Membership
Deborah Jakubs, ARL president, image © Duke University Deborah Jakubs, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway university librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University, began a one-year term as...
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Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, Published by ARL
ARL has released Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, which explores ARL member libraries’ activities related to support of faculty and researcher publishing of scholarly works. The publication...
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Tyler Walters Appointed SHARE Director
Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech, has been named SHARE’s founding director, beginning on October 13, 2014. Walters has been involved integrally in SHARE since its inception,...
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Carlette Washington-Hoagland Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Diversity and Leadership
ARL has appointed Carlette Washington-Hoagland as a visiting program officer (VPO) for diversity and leadership programs, effective today, October 1, 2014. Washington-Hoagland will take the lead in managing the assessment...
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar for New Assessment Professionals
Registration is now open for “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,” to be held in Washington, DC, May 14–15,...
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Jordan Eschler and Olivia Dorsey Receive Paul Evan Peters Fellowships
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)—sponsored by ARL and EDUCAUSE—has announced the selection of doctoral student Jordan Eschler and master’s student Olivia Dorsey as the 2014 recipients of the Paul...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at US National Archives: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Register by Friday, October 10, to receive the early-bird discount on the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at the...
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New Workforce Transformation Story: Communities of Practice as Tools for Change
ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries (TRL) Steering Committee has published the fourth entry in its monthly column, Workforce Transformation Stories. Kelly Broughton, assistant dean for research and education services at Ohio...
