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.
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ARL Leadership Fellows Selected for 2025 Cohort
The ARL Leadership Fellows Program (LFP) Task Force has chosen 25 fellows for the 2025 LFP cohort, based on recommendations from the LFP Selection Working Group. The LFP is a...
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Save the Date! ARL President’s Institute 2026
February 11–12 in Chicago-Rosemont Mark your calendar and plan to join us Wednesday–Thursday, February 11–12, 2026, in Chicago-Rosemont for the third ARL President’s Institute. The 2026 ARL President’s Institute is...
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Kate Zwaard Named Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is pleased to welcome Kate Zwaard as its next executive director, effective September 15, 2025. Kate joins CNI from the Library of Congress (LC),...
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Kaleidoscope Program Scholars 2025 Selected
The ARL Kaleidoscope Program (KP) Task Force has chosen 16 graduate students to participate in the 2025 KP cohort, based on recommendations from the KP Selection Working Group. The Kaleidoscope...
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ARL Seeks Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) seeks a passionate and experienced individual with a proven record of effectively working with senior and executive leaders to help ensure the quality and...
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Watch Our Made By Us “Civic Season” Video, Join the Movement
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has engaged with the Made by Us initiative, a network of hundreds of museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives that aim to become the...
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Canadian and US Research Libraries Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are taking the opportunity of the 14th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) to encourage libraries...
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ARL Comments on the Dismissal of Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress
“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its members are deeply disappointed in the administration’s decision to terminate Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress,” said Andrew K. Pace,...
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ARL Supports Senator Wyden’s Call for FTC Action on Digital Ownership Rights
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined a letter by Public Knowledge supporting US Senator Ron Wyden's February 25, 2025, request for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) intervention to protect consumer...
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ARL Congratulates Member Institutions Represented in IFLA Governing Roles
ARL member institutions are well represented in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2025 election results. Eight employees of ARL member institutions and one ARL staff member...
