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IARLA Welcomes Plan S Move toward Open Access Environment
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Executive Committee approves the following statement released today by the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), of which ARL is a founding member....
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ARL Membership Convenes in Washington, DC, for Fall 2019 Meeting—Summary Online
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership and Career Development Program Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Washington, DC, on September 24–25, 2019, for the 175th Association Meeting....
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ARL Celebrates Open Access Week 2019: Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its 12th year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the benefits of open access, to share...
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ARL Member Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week
International Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the benefits of open access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to...
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Library Assessment Conference 2018 Proceedings Now Online
The Proceedings of the 2018 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment are now available on the conference website. The seventh biennial Library Assessment Conference, held in Houston, Texas,...
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What Do Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics of AI Mean in the Context of Research Libraries?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. With so much underway in the field, there is a need for research libraries to act, starting with clarifying AI ethics policies, principles,...
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Scout Calvert Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Strategic Partnership to Advance Research Libraries’ Impact
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Scout Calvert as a visiting program officer effective October 1, 2019. Calvert is the data librarian at Michigan State University. As a...
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Statement: ARL Supports University of California Libraries’ Commitment to Barrier-Free Access to Information
As approved by the ARL Board of Directors on September 27, 2019 The Libraries of the University of California (UC) are seeking transformative agreements with publishers such that access to...
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ARL Board of Directors 2019–2020 Elected by ARL Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2019–2020 Board of Directors on September 24 during the Fall 2019 Association Meeting in Washington, DC. At the end of the meeting...
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Explored in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) opens a conversation about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of knowledge production, dissemination, and preservation. AI is...
