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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Mary Lee Kennedy Interviews EDUCAUSE President John O’Brien about Privacy
ARL executive director Mary Lee Kennedy invited EDUCAUSE president and CEO John O’Brien to talk about the importance of privacy by design, and the critical need for collaboration between IT and research...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Minneapolis for Spring 2019 Meeting—Summary, Slides Online
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, ARL Leadership Fellows, staff, and guests gathered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 7–9, 2019, for the 174th Association Meeting. The meeting was convened...
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ARL Comments on RA21 Proposal for Access to Licensed Information Resources
On April 17, 2019, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) issued a call for public comments on a draft recommended practice for improving access to institutionally provided information resources. The draft is...
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Library Management Skills Institutes in Indiana, Texas, and Virginia Open for Registration
Are you a research library supervisor, department head, coordinator, team or project leader, or change agent interested in developing your awareness, skills, and confidence as a leader and manager? The ARL...
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Privacy Explored in Research Library Issues
The first issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) in 2019 looks at privacy from a legal, digital, and applied perspective, with a focus on the implications and opportunities for research libraries. The release...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update, April 2019, Released by ARL
The latest Advocacy and Public Policy Update, by Prudence S. Adler and Krista L. Cox of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), covers key issues of interest to the research...
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FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute Offers Tuition Discount for ARL Community
The FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) is offering Association of Research Libraries (ARL) community members a $150 tuition discount on the August 5–9, 2019, institute to be held at UCLA. FSCI is...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline June 4, 2019
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime Association of Research Libraries (ARL) staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL established in 2015 the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship. The scholarship supports...
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US Department of Education Seeks Comments on IPEDS Changes by May 20
The US Department of Education has issued a request for comments on planned changes to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys, which include the Academic Libraries component. The...
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ARL White Paper on Wikidata Highlights Use of Open Knowledge in Scholarly Communication, Special Collections
In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in...
