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Service Quality Evaluation Academy Class of 2013 Selected
ARL and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are pleased to announce the participants in the 2013 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, to be held March 11–15 in New Orleans,...
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LCA Submits Reply Comments to US Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today filed reply comments (PDF) with the US Copyright Office in response to the office’s October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about the current...
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ARL/Music Library Association Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Call for Applications
ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (ARL/MLA DII). This scholarship program, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant...
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Better Salaries through Better Data: Benchmarking with the ARL Salary Survey
In this webcast to be held Tuesday, March 5, 1:00–2:00 p.m. EST, Martha Kyrillidou and Shaneka Morris of ARL’s Statistics and Assessment program will describe how to effectively use data...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Boston Area
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the second in a series of informal reports from his visits. I continue...
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Library Value: Conceptualizing, Capturing & Communicating Impact
Registration is now open for a workshop on library value, to be hosted by ARL on Monday, July 1, 2013, in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in...
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ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research
Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically important action. The memorandum...
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Effectively Using ARL Salary and Demographic Data
ARL is now offering a series of four webcasts illustrating effective uses of data from the ARL Annual Salary Survey. The webcasts will address what data are available through ARL,...
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ARL and Ithaka S+R Release Findings on Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections
ARL and Ithaka S+R today released Appraising our Digital Investment: Sustainability of Digitized Special Collections in ARL Libraries (PDF), a report on findings from an ARL-Ithaka S+R survey of ARL libraries...
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LibQUAL+® Awards In-Kind Grants to Three Libraries for 2013 Survey
LibQUAL+ is pleased to announce that three libraries have been selected to receive in-kind grants in 2013. The selection of grantees was based on financial need, contribution to the growth...