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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Radical Collaboration in Research Data Management Explored in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI), gathers reflections by six archivists and librarians on the practice of radical collaboration applied to research data management (RDM). Archivist Nancy McGovern...
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Peter Potter Named ARL Visiting Program Officer to Advance TOME Open Monograph Initiative
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Peter Potter as a visiting program officer (VPO) to advance TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), starting in January 2019. TOME is...
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ARL Condemns Anti-Semitic Attacks
In response to recent acts of violence against Jewish people on college campuses and in other gathering places, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) reaffirms its commitment to fostering diverse,...
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ARL Digital Scholarship Institute at University of Rochester—Save the Date: July 29–August 2, 2019
The ARL Digital Scholarship Institute, an initiative of the ARL Academy, is offering a five-day, cohort-based opportunity for professionals in ARL member libraries and archives who are new to digital...
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Demographic Trends among ARL Library Professionals Explored in Research Library Issues
In the latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI), Stanley Wilder, dean of libraries at Louisiana State University, illustrates recent demographic changes in the professional population of Association of Research...
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ARL Seeks Director of Public Policy—Applications to Be Reviewed Starting January 15, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has a career opportunity for an experienced professional ready to lead the Association’s advocacy and public policy agenda. The Association has a proven record...
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Library Management Skills Institutes in Florida and Texas Open for Registration
Are you a research library supervisor, department head, team or project leader, or manager interested in developing your awareness, skills, and confidence as a leader and manager? The ARL Academy,...
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ARL, Wikimedia, and Linked Open Data: Draft White Paper Open for Comments through November 30
In June 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) charged a task force to look at Wikidata. The task force emerged from several years of discussion between ARL and the...
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ARL Celebrates National GIS Day, Passage of Geospatial Data Act
In a bipartisan resolution led by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), who oversaw the recent passage of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018, the United States...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Outreach and Engagement—Register by December 6
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the...
