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ARL Leadership Fellows Program—Call for Applications Coming Soon
The 2016–2017 cohort of the ARL Leadership Fellows program will begin in January 2016. ARL will release the call for applications in September with a deadline in early October 2015....
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Accessibility Librarian Competencies Featured on ARL Web Accessibility Blog
In a new Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog post, ARL visiting program officer Katya Pereyaslavska writes about “what it takes to be an ‘Accessibility Librarian’”—an emerging position that is...
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Quinn Galbraith Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer to Study Salary Trends and Equity Issues
ARL has appointed Quinn Galbraith as a visiting program officer (VPO) for 2015–2016 to research salary trends using the ARL Annual Salary Survey data. Galbraith, a social science librarian and...
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ARL/MLA Diversity and Inclusion Initiative 2015–2017 Fellows Chosen
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the selection of four master of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2015–2017 ARL/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and...
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ARL Diversity Scholars Selected for 2015–2017
Members of the ARL Committee on Diversity and Leadership have selected 18 master of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2015–2017 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse...
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Coalition Calls on White House to Open Up Access to Federally Funded Educational Resources
Today, August 4, 2015, ARL along with a broad coalition of more than 90 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organizations, called on the White House to take administrative...
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ARL Urges Swift Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty on 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary. The ADA passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990 and prohibits discrimination on the basis...
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Web Accessibility Blog Highlights Tools for Evaluating Digital Resources
ARL visiting program officer Katya Pereyaslavska writes about evaluating the accessibility of digital resources in a new Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog post, “The Value of Comparing Oranges to...
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ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Call for Applications—Deadline September 7
ARL is now accepting applications for the 2016 cohort of the ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP). Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups,...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Community-based Collections: Register by August 5
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...
