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ARL Urges Senate to Confirm Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) commends the US Senate Committee on Rules and Administration for holding a hearing today, April 20, 2016, on the nomination of Carla D. Hayden...
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ARL Libraries Support Digital Scholarship—Profiles to Be Published This Spring and Summer
Digital scholarship—the use of computer technology to conduct research and scholarship—is at its heart an iterative and collaborative process that increasingly turns to library resources, staff, and faculty to reach...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline June 1, 2016
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime ARL staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL has established the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship, which supports the attendance of one master...
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ARL Awarded IMLS Grant to Extend ARL/SAA Mosaic Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $299,518 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program grant to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to extend the ARL/Society...
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ARL Applauds House Judiciary Committee Action on Email Privacy Act
Today, April 13, 2016, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to pass the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), a bill to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act...
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ARL Opposes State Laws That Limit Civil Rights and Legal Protections for GLBTQ Individuals
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the ARL Diversity and Inclusion Committee stand firm in their commitment to social responsibility and equality, core values of the library and information...
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ARL Seeks Program Director for Assessment
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is recruiting an individual to direct the assessment program. The program director provides leadership for assessment initiatives and projects in support of the ARL...
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SHARE Curation Associates Chosen for 2016–2017 Pilot Cohort
SHARE has selected the inaugural cohort of 35 curation associates—library professionals who will participate in a yearlong, “train the trainer,” service-learning program. The SHARE Curation Associates program merges librarians’ interest...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce—Applications Due May 13
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master of library and information science (MLIS)...
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ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Fellows Attend MLA Meeting; Mark A. Puente Wins Papakhian Award
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII) fellows participated in the MLA Annual Meeting, March 1–5, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fellows attended valuable programming...
