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Higher Education, Library Groups Release Net Neutrality Principles
Today, July 10, 2014, higher education and library organizations representing thousands of colleges, universities, and libraries nationwide released a joint set of Net Neutrality Principles (PDF) they recommend form the...
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LibQUAL+® Awards In-Kind Grants to Two Libraries for 2014 Survey
LibQUAL+ is pleased to announce that Mzumbe University and the San Diego Law Library are receiving in-kind grants in 2014. The selection of grantees was based on financial need, contribution...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2015—Deadline Approaching
ARL is seeking proposals for 2015 SPEC survey topics by Friday, July 18, 2014. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist...
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2013–2014 Reports Data on 13,900 Staff in ARL Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2013–2014, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during...
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ARL/DLF Forum Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups—Apply by July 14
ARL and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are sponsoring up to four fellowships to promote racial/ethnic diversity at the Digital Library Federation Forum. The fellowships will provide up to $1,250...
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ClimateQUAL®: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment—Call for Participation 2014–2015
ARL invites participation in the ClimateQUAL survey in 2014–2015. The online survey collects information about: (a) library staff perceptions of the organization’s commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) staff...
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Workforce Transformation Stories: ARL Launches Monthly Column
image © Tom Sharlot ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries (TRL) Steering Committee is pleased to announce a new monthly column on the ARL website devoted to stories of research library workforce...
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SHARE Launches Monthly E-Newsletter—Sign Up and Share
SHARE Update (June 2014)We are pleased to publish the inaugural issue of the SHARE Update. As you may know, SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) is a higher education and research...
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ARL Joins Coalition in Advocating for Surveillance Reform
On June 18, 2014, ARL joined 36 organizations that engage on privacy and surveillance issues in a letter (PDF) to US Senate leadership expressing concerns with the version of the...
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LibQUAL+® to Offer Free Training at ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago
LibQUAL+ will offer a series of free workshops for current and potential participants in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Chicago on Monday, February 2, 2015....
