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Coalition Urges Congress to Ensure Fourth Amendment Protection for Digital Communication
On Constitution Day, September 17, 2014, ARL joined a coalition of businesses and civil rights, privacy, and public interest organizations in running an advertisement in Roll Call urging Congressional leaders...
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Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications—Deadline Nov. 3
ARL is now accepting applications for the Career Enhancement Program. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups, who have successfully completed a minimum...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows Selected for 2014–2016
The selection committee for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program has chosen five master of library and information science (MLIS) students specializing in archival...
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Next-Gen Learning Spaces, SPEC Kit 342, Published by ARL
ARL has released Next-Gen Learning Spaces, SPEC Kit 342, which explores the configuration and uses of learning spaces in ARL libraries, the developments and transformations that have occurred over the...
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SHARE Launches Brand Identity
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) has unveiled a logo and brand that reflects the initiative’s values and goals. SHARE is a higher education and research community initiative to ensure...
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ARL Fall Forum on Scholarly Monograph—Register by September 26
Register by Friday, September 26, for the ARL Fall Forum 2014, “Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph,” to be held in Washington, DC, on Thursday, October 9. The program will explore...
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Synergy: News from ARL Diversity Programs—Issue 11 Focuses on Professional Trends
The 2014 issue of Synergy: News from ARL Diversity Programs features three brief articles on a range of topics around trends in the library and archival profession. The newsletter provides...
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Minority Representation in the 2012–2013 ARL Annual Salary Survey: Taking a Closer Look
A poster (PDF) analyzing trends in minority professional staff in US ARL university libraries through 2012–2013 was presented at the recent Library Assessment Conference by ARL’s Shaneka Morris and Martha...
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XML and XSLT Workshops to Be Offered by ARL and DLF
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Assessment program and the Digital Library Federation (DLF), a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources, are pleased to offer...
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Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, Published by ARL
ARL has released Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, which investigates what methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections,...
