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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2023 Reports Data on Professional Positions in Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2023, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 126 of the 127 ARL member libraries...
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ARL Statistics 2023 Publications Describe Resources, Services of Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2023, ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2023, and ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2023. These three publications present...
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Come Hear What Students Have to Say About Multigenerational Libraries—Register Now for the ARL President’s Institute
Libraries are becoming more and more multigenerational in terms of user needs and populations. Who better to showcase that reality and discuss its assets and challenges than students themselves? The...
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YOU Have a Role in CoGeneration—Register Before It’s Too Late! ARL President’s Institute in Chicago-Rosemont, February 12–13, 2025
What does “cogenerate” mean? “Co” means “together” in Latin. Think collaboration, connection, community. We define cogeneration as a strategy to bring older and younger people together to forge bonds across...
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Tony Hey Receives Paul Evan Peters Award
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024...
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ARL ADA Title II Resources Encourage Licensing Born-Accessible Content
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its regulations on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to include standards for making web content accessible for people with...
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Librarian of Congress Expands DMCA Exemption for Text and Data Mining
Today the librarian of Congress—based on recommendations by the register of copyrights—issued an expansion to the 2021 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) regulation that permits researchers to circumvent technological protection...
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OPEN TO ALL—Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries
ARL President’s Institute in Chicago-Rosemont, February 12–13, 2025 A workplace with four or five generations working side by side is not a problem to be solved—it’s an opportunity to be...
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Apply for Blixrud Scholarship to Attend ARL President’s Institute 2025—Deadline November 14, 2024
The Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship supports the attendance of one MLIS student or recent graduate at the annual President’s Institute. The next award recipient will receive a scholarship of $1,000...
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ARL Board of Directors 2025 Elected by ARL Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2025 Board of Directors today during the Fall 2024 Association Meeting. On January 1, 2025, Rhea Ballard-Thrower, dean of libraries and university...
