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🔓 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
