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A Message from the ARL President: Centering Our Values in Defense of Democracy and Social Justice
Like many of you, I was horrified to see the storming of the US Capitol during one of the most pivotal times in the democratic process. The nation and truly...
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Registration Now Open for 2021 Library Assessment Conference January 21 Virtual Session on Measurement and Methods
Register online for the fourth session of the virtual 2020–21 Library Assessment Conference, a January 21, 2021, half-day webinar on Measurement and Methods. The 2020–21 Library Assessment Conference is being...
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Cynthia Hudson-Vitale Appointed Director, Scholars and Scholarship, for ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Cynthia Hudson-Vitale to the position of director, Scholars and Scholarship, beginning on January 4, 2021. Cynthia’s career in research libraries has been...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Explored in Research Library Issues
This has been a year of tremendous turmoil and uncertainty—the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black, Indigenous, and other people of color and the police killings of Black...
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Registration Now Open for 2020 Library Assessment Conference December 16 Virtual Session on Critical/Theoretical Assessment and Space
Register online for the third session of the virtual 2020–21 Library Assessment Conference, a December 16, 2020, half-day webinar on Critical/Theoretical Assessment and Space. The 2020–21 Library Assessment Conference is...
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SHARE Database Shutting Down While SHARE Services Enter New Phase
In 2013, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), along with the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) launched the SHARE initiative—or Shared...
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Katherine Klosek Appointed Director of Information Policy for ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Katherine Klosek to the position of director of Information Policy, beginning on December 1, 2020. Katherine comes to ARL from Johns Hopkins...
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Jennifer Osorio Named ARL Visiting Program Officer to Leadership Research Project Task Force
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Jennifer Osorio as a visiting program officer to the Leadership Research Project Task Force from October 2020 through May 2021. Osorio is...
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View Library Assessment Conference 2020 Posters Online
The 2020 Library Assessment Conference steering committee is pleased to highlight the wonderful posters accepted for the conference on the 2020 Posters page of the website. Several poster authors have...
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ARL Statistics 2018–2019 Publications Describe Resources, Services of Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2018–2019, ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2018–2019, and ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2018–2019. These three publications present...
