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Anne Kenney Named Interim ARL Executive Director
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Anne R. Kenney as interim executive director of the Association, effective January 1, 2018. Kenney served as Carl A....
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Libraries, Presses, and Publishing
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of free webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with...
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Libraries, Presses, and Publishing, SPEC Kit 357, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Libraries, Presses, and Publishing, SPEC Kit 357, an exploration of ARL member library publishing activity. This SPEC Kit gathers information on the...
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Calling All Digital Humanists! Make Your Work More Visible, Citable, Discoverable
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Center for Open Science (COS) need your help to understand how libraries can make digital humanities (DH) projects more visible, citable, and discoverable...
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Giao Baker Reflects on ARL-CNI Fall Forum 2017
This year’s recipient of the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship, Giao Luong Baker, shares her impressions of the ARL-CNI Fall Forum 2017 in a blog post. The forum, sponsored by the...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Washington, DC, for Fall 2017 Meeting—Summary and Slides Online
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member representatives, staff, and guests gathered in Washington, DC, on October 3–4, 2017, for the 171st Association Meeting, convened by then ARL president Mary Case,...
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ARL Awarded Sloan Grant to Help Preserve Software, Save Cultural Record, Advance Discovery
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a $315,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and disseminate a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use...
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ARL Fellows for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Selected for 2017–2018
The ARL Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Selection Committee has chosen 11 undergraduates at ARL member institutions to participate in the inaugural Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence cohort....
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Virginia Commonwealth University to Become 125th Member of ARL
VCU James Branch Cabell Library, image by Robert Benson, courtesy of VCU Libraries At its Fall 2017 Association Meeting held October 3–4 in Washington, DC, the membership of the Association...
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Simon Fraser University to Become 124th Member of ARL
SFU Vancouver Campus Library, image courtesy of SFU Library At its Fall 2017 Association Meeting held October 3–4 in Washington, DC, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
