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ARL Strategic Design Process Launches
ARL’s strategic thinking and design process kicked off with a regional design meeting led by consultant Ann Pendleton-Jullian and hosted by the University of Minnesota on October 1. There have...
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Broad Coalition Urges Senate to Reauthorize COMPETES Act
ARL joined more than 300 universities and businesses; higher education associations; and nonprofit, industry, and research organizations in a letter (PDF) to US Senate Commerce Committee leadership supporting reauthorization of the...
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Higher Ed Organizations Urge Budget Committee to Eliminate Sequestration, Support Research and Education
On Friday, November 1, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than 30 other organizations in a letter (PDF) to the chairs of the US congressional committee...
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ARL Joins Amicus Brief in Fisher v. University of Texas
On Thursday, October 31, ARL joined more than 40 associations in signing an amicus brief (PDF) in support of the University of Texas in its appeal of the ruling in...
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LibQUAL+® to Launch Improvements in 2014—Register Now
ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey, which will feature several enhancements. When the LibQUAL+ survey year opens in...
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ARL Membership Meeting & Fall Forum 2013 Slides Online
Speakers’ slides from the ARL Membership Meeting and the ARL Fall Forum held October 9–10 and October 10–11 in Arlington, Virginia, are now on the ARL website. Several ARL Membership...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses in LA: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Tuesday, November 26, 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 (SAA)...
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Equitable Salaries through Better Data: Webcast Video Online
The video of the webcast “Using ARL Salary Data to Establish and Maintain an Equitable Salary Structure for Faculty Librarians,” presented on September 10, 2013, is now available on ARL's...
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ARL Board of Directors 2013–2014 Elected by ARL Membership
Carol Pitts Diedrichs image © Ohio State University Carol Pitts Diedrichs, vice provost and director of university libraries, the Ohio State University, began a one-year term as president of the...
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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 (DII). This scholarship program, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from...
