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ARL Board of Directors 2017–2018 Elected by ARL Membership
Mary Ann Mavrinac Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, began a one-year term as president of...
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Research Libraries and Wikimedia: A Shared Commitment to Diversity, Open Knowledge, and Community Participation
In August of last year, representatives from the Wikimedia community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Association of Research Libraries came together to determine common goals and find areas to collaborate. During two...
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Stanley Wilder Analyzes Hiring Trends in ARL Workforce: Second Article in Series
The second in a series of articles by Stanley Wilder, dean of libraries at Louisiana State University, examines hiring and staffing among staff in ARL member libraries over the past...
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ARL National Digital Stewardship Residency Concludes with Release of OSF Toolkit
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a toolkit to support the deep engagement of librarians in the creation and management of digital scholarship. Developed by Megan Potterbusch, the...
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Holistic Librarianship Highlighted in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) explores different models and approaches to holistic librarianship and the convergence among librarians in a variety of roles. The articles in this...
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Matthew Harp, Joanne Paterson Named Visiting Program Officers for SHARE Humanities Project
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Matthew Harp and Joanne Paterson as visiting program officers for a SHARE project to help make online, scholarly works in the humanities...
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Issue Briefs Advise Libraries on Archiving Government Information, Licensing Metadata about Scholarship
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released two issue briefs answering pressing questions about copyright faced by libraries and archives: Can institutions legally preserve and share government information from...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Diversity and Inclusion—Register by October 4
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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Diversity and Inclusion, SPEC Kit 356, Published by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Diversity and Inclusion, SPEC Kit 356, an exploration of how ARL member library diversity plans have changed since 2010. This SPEC Kit...
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ARL Digital Scholarship Institute—Apply by October 6 for January 2018
The application period for the second iteration of the ARL Digital Scholarship Institute is now open, with a deadline of Friday, October 6, 2017. An initiative of the ARL Academy,...
