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Innovation and R&D, SPEC Kit 339, Published by ARL
ARL has released Innovation and R&D, SPEC Kit 339, which investigates the current state of both innovation and research and development (R&D) in research library organizations. This SPEC Kit examines...
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ARL Salary and Demographics Webcast Series Videos Available on YouTube
Videos of four webcasts highlighting uses of data from the ARL Annual Salary Survey are now available on ARL’s YouTube channel. The webcasts address what data are available through ARL,...
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Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Key Lessons from Ithaka S+R/ARL Report “Searching for Sustainability”
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part....
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Library Copyright Alliance Participates in Public Meeting on USPTO Copyright Green Paper
On Thursday, December 12, the US Department of Commerce hosted a daylong event at the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss some of the copyright...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program 2013–2015 Participants Chosen
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) announce the selection of five master of library and information science (MLIS) students with specialization in archives...
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Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Key Lessons from Ithaka S+R/ARL Report “Searching for Sustainability”
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part....
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar for New Assessment Professionals
ARL is introducing a new educational opportunity for academic and research librarians: “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals.” This...
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Library Assessment Conference 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline Approaching
ARL, the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference planning committee are accepting proposals through Tuesday, January 21, 2014, for the Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to...
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Krista Cox Appointed Director of Public Policy Initiatives for ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Krista L. Cox director of public policy initiatives, effective January 6, 2014. Cox is currently the staff attorney/legal counsel at Knowledge Ecology...
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ARL Releases RLI 284 on Digital Humanities, Library Space Assessment
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 284, which features an overview of the digital humanities by Don Waters of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This issue of RLI...
