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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,...
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EBSCO Information Services Partners with ARL to Provide Internships for Diversity Scholars
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has entered into a partnership with EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) in support of internships for ARL’s flagship diversity recruitment program, the Initiative to Recruit...
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Georgia Tech Library Supports Digital Scholarship: 18th Profile in ARL Series
The latest installment in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries features the work of Georgia Tech. The Georgia Tech profile, written...
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ARL Conducts Search for Next Executive Director
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking a highly strategic, innovative, and articulate leader, who will advocate for important public policy issues facing its membership in the 21st century...
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ARL Urges Federal Communications Commission to Preserve an Open Internet
Maintaining an open Internet is central to the nonprofit mission of America’s research libraries. The 123 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) undertake cutting-edge research and create information...
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Open Access Platforms Are Key to Research Libraries’ Core Mission—ARL Letter to Chronicle of Higher Education
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) wrote the following letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which published it today, August 21, 2017. To the Editor: Your article, “Elsevier Is...
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ARL Condemns Inflammatory Speech and Violence after Charlottesville Tragedy
Following the white supremacist and neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend, and the tragic death of anti-hate demonstrator Heather Heyer, killed by a car driven into the crowd, the...
