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Call for Papers and Save the Date—User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override, May 18–19, 2023
The American University (AU) Washington College of Law (WCL) Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invite...
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Library Associations Share Community Response to White House Memorandum on Public Access to Research
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have submitted a letter to the chairs of the US National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)...
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ARL Statement on Texas Library Coalition for United Action Agreement with Elsevier
Today more than 40 public and private academic institutions in Texas—members of the Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA)—announced the conclusion of a successful negotiation with Elsevier. TLCUA member...
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Identifying Collaboration Priorities for US-Based Research Data Organizations: Questionnaire Results Published
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the results of a questionnaire, developed with the US National Committee for CODATA, intended to identify potential areas of synergy and interests...
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ARL Releases Report on US Academic Member Libraries’ Open Infrastructure Expenses
Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs has been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit society and individuals at scale through improved health outcomes, socioeconomic...
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ARL Board of Directors 2023 Elected by ARL Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2023 Board of Directors on October 18 during the Fall 2022 Association Meeting. On January 1, 2023, Susan Parker, university librarian at...
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University of North Texas to Become 128th Member of ARL
At its Fall 2022 Association Meeting held in Washington, DC, October 18–19, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) voted to invite the University of North Texas (UNT)...
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Listening Session on OSTP Policy Guidance: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) are sponsoring a virtual listening session about the recent US Office of Science and Technology...
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ARL Statement on Digital FDLP Task Force Draft Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) welcomes the draft report of the US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). We look forward...
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Two-Page Table Compares 2013 and 2022 Public-Access Guidance from US Office of Science and Technology Policy
In August 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published new policy guidance, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research,” as an update...
