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ARL Membership to Convene May 6–8 in Columbus, Ohio
ARL president Carol Pitts Diedrichs, vice provost and director of university libraries at Ohio State University (OSU), will convene the 164th ARL Membership Meeting with welcoming remarks and the introductions...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at U Alberta: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, is the last day to register at early-bird rates for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists...
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ARL Library Assessment Forum Highlights Value of Library Spaces—Slides Online
On January 24, 2014, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the ARL Statistics and Assessment program hosted an engaging Library Assessment Forum. Bob Fox, dean of libraries at the...
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Using ARL Statistics in Budget Justification Analysis: An Example from U Florida
Helping ARL member library staff understand their libraries’ budgets and make the case for their libraries is an important function of the data ARL collects. Brian Keith, associate dean for administrative...
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Fair Use Proposed by Australian Law Reform Commission
On February 13, 2014, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) issued a 478-page report on Copyright and the Digital Economy, which made a number of positive recommendations for copyright reform...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Syracuse: Register Now
There are still seats available in the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at Syracuse University, March 10–14, 2014. You...
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Library Assessment Conference 2014—Save the Date
Mark your calendars for the upcoming Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to be held in Seattle, Washington, August 4–6, 2014. Sponsored by ARL and the University of...
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ARL, ALA, EDUCAUSE Urge FCC to Develop Net Neutrality Policies; FCC Issues Statement, Calls for Comment
On February 13, 2014, in a letter (PDF) to the Chairman and the Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association...
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Google Analytics Workshop to Be Offered by ARL in October 2014
The ARL Statistics and Measurement Program is offering a full-day, in-person workshop on Google Analytics, to be held on October 20, 2014, in partnership with LunaMetrics, a Google Analytics Certified...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Syracuse: Early-Bird Deadline February 21
This Friday, February 21, 2014, is the last day to register at early-bird rates for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American...
