ARL highlights news and other stories of interest to the research library community in the US and Canada every Monday–Thursday in the Daily Intelligence and selects the top stories for our Weekly News Roundup on Fridays, which also includes all ARL News and Community Updates for the week.
You may subscribe to the email of ARL Daily Intelligence and the ARL Weekly News Roundup, released on Fridays. Both the ARL Daily Intelligence and ARL Weekly News Roundup are available on LinkedIn as well. Thank you for subscribing, reading, and sharing!
Do you work for an ARL member library and have news you want us to share in our Daily Intelligence and Weekly News Roundup? Please email your news link(s) to daily@arl.org.
-
ARL/CNI Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Can Help You Thrive in the AI Landscape
Research suggests nearly half of all tasks in the information services sector could be transformed by AI. This isn’t a distant future scenario—it’s happening now. What can we do to...
-
ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024 Reports Data on Professional Positions in Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 125 ARL member libraries...
-
Apply for Blixrud Scholarship to Attend ARL President’s Institute—Deadline Friday, November 7
The Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship supports the attendance of one MLIS student or recent graduate at the annual President’s Institute. The next award recipient will receive a scholarship of US$1,000...
-
ARL Comments on NIH “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs”
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs.” The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to provide comments below...
-
🔓 Registration Open: UNLOCK INNOVATION at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute
Join us at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute and become a champion of sustainable innovation in research libraries! Grow your ability to unlock and drive innovation and shape the future...
-
Linh Nguyen Named ARL Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Linh Nguyen as director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Linh currently leads collaborative projects that strengthen institutional equity efforts and foster a...
-
New Recommendations Tool Available from Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot
The Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot project has produced a short recommendations questionnaire tool that generates custom recommendations for your institution’s next steps in exploring machine-actionable data-management plans (maDMPs). Use...
-
ARL Joins EFF, ALA, Re:Create in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Warning Expansion of Copyright Liability Could Threaten Internet Access
ARL joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), American Library Association (ALA), and Re:Create in an amicus brief at the US Supreme Court in support of Cox in the case Cox...
-
New Resources Available from Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot
The Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot project is in its final phase, providing institutions with resources for exploring potential uses of machine-actionable data-management plans (maDMPs). Pilot Overview The pilot was...
-
Karen Estlund Named ARL Member Representative to CNI Steering Committee
Karen Estlund has been appointed as the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representative to the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Steering Committee for the 2025–2028 term. Karen Estlund has...
