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Save the Date! ARL President’s Institute 2026 Will Focus on Innovation 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 annual ARL President’s Institute. The theme of the 2026 institute will be Innovation...
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Coalition for Networked Information Executive Director Search Launched
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has launched a search for a new executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Clifford Lynch announced last year that he will...
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Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) sent letters urging congressional committees that provide oversight and appropriations for the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to protect NARA’s crucial role...
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Call for Learning+DEI Cohort Program Event Hosts
Member institutions of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are invited to submit expressions of interest to host ARL Learning + DEI cohort program events in 2027–2028. Opportunities include hosting Intensive Learning Program...
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LOCKSS Co-founders Honored with 2025 Paul Evan Peters Award
Victoria Reich and David Rosenthal, co-founders of the LOCKSS Program, have been named the 2025 recipients of the Paul Evan Peters Award by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the...
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ARL Publishes Annual Impact Report 2024
2024 was an eventful year for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its membership of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and...
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ARL Welcomes US Copyright Office Report on Copyrightability of AI-Generated Outputs
Today, the US Copyright Office released a report on the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs. Katherine Klosek, ARL director of Information Policy and Federal Relations, shared the following statement: “ARL welcomes...
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Natalie Meyers Appointed ARL/CNI AI Researcher in Residence
Natalie Meyers, professor of the practice in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of Notre Dame, will be the first ARL/CNI researcher in residence, effective...
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ARL Intensive Learning Program Fellows Selected for 2025 Cohort
The ARL Intensive Learning Program (ILP) Task Force has chosen 20 fellows for the 2025 ILP cohort, based on recommendations from the ILP Selection Working Group. The ILP is an...
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One Day Left to Register for ARL President’s Institute: “Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries”
Don’t miss your chance to join your colleagues at the ARL President’s Institute, “Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries.” Connect with ARL’s past, present, and future presidents—Trevor A. Dawes, Rhea Ballard-Thrower, and Melissa...
