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Cynthia Hudson-Vitale Appointed Visiting Program Officer for SHARE
ARL has named Cynthia Hudson-Vitale as a visiting program officer to provide outreach and engagement support for the SHARE initiative; she will serve from September 2015 to March 2017. Hudson-Vitale...
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Rick Johnson Named Visiting Program Officer for SHARE
ARL has appointed Rick Johnson as a visiting program officer (VPO) to foster SHARE metadata enhancements and strengthen partnerships between SHARE and other research data stewards and providers; he will...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services to Be Held October 14
ARL is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast...
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Inaugural Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Awardee, Memorial Lecturer Selected by ARL
To honor the memory and extend the legacy of long-time ARL staff member Julia Blixrud, ARL has established the Julia C. Blixrud Memorial Fund. This fund supports a scholarship for...
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ARL Urges Elsevier to Revise Policy That Impedes Sharing of Scholarship
In April 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles, which imposes excessive restrictions on authors and institutions, employs embargo periods that are counter to...
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ARL Fall Forum to Explore Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences—Register by September 17
A few seats remain open for the ARL Fall Forum 2015, “Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences,” to be held at the Dupont Circle Hotel...
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Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services, SPEC Kit 348, Published by ARL
ARL has released Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services, SPEC Kit 348, an exploration of current ARL member library engagement with 3-D printing, rapid fabrication and digitization technologies, and makerspaces. This study covers...
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More Than 2,500 Organizations Call on US Congress to Avoid Fiscal Disaster, End Sequestration
Just weeks before federal funding runs out and draconian budget cuts stopped by a 2013 Congressional budget deal are scheduled to go back into effect, more than 2,500 national, state...
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ARL Fall Forum to Explore Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences—Register by September 11
Register by this Friday, September 11, for the ARL Fall Forum 2015, “Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences,” to be held in Washington, DC, on...
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Libraries That Learn: LibQUAL+® Confidential Pilot Project Webcast to Be Offered by ARL
ARL is offering a series of webcasts on how to improve library services using LibQUAL+ survey data and other evidence. Join Sarah Murphy, coordinator of assessment for The Ohio State...
