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 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...
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Library Assessment Career Achievement Award Winners Selected for 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington (UW) Libraries, and the Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee have selected three recipients for the 2018 Library Assessment Career Achievement...
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Outreach and Engagement, SPEC Kit 361, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Outreach and Engagement, SPEC Kit 361, which captures a snapshot of how ARL member libraries are defining their outreach and engagement programs,...
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ARL Affirms Support of Civil Rights Protections for Transgender People
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its members stand with the American Library Association (ALA) and its Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) in opposing proposed changes...
