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Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Featured on ARL Web Accessibility Blog
Jim Tobias, president of Inclusive Technologies, writes about the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII) in a new post for ARL’s Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog. As Tobias describes in his...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Community-based Collections
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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Community-based Collections, SPEC Kit 347, Published by ARL
ARL has released Community-based Collections, SPEC Kit 347, an exploration of collections that have been amassed not by one individual but by a collective, which may take the form of...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Boston College to Be Offered July 27–31
Register now for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at Boston College, July 27–31. You do not need to...
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ARL Celebrates Supreme Court Decision for Marriage Equality
Today, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 5-4 decision that the US Constitution ensures the right to same-sex marriage. This historic decision comes...
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Mark Puente Named EMIERT Distinguished Librarian 2015
The American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) has selected Mark A. Puente, director of diversity and leadership programs for ARL, to receive the EMIERT...
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Mary Jane Brooks to Depart ARL
Mary Jane Brooks has announced that after 22 years of service to ARL—from office manager to assistant executive director for finance and administration—she will resign effective June 30, 2015, to...
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Shifting the Scientific Culture toward Transparency: ARL Signs onto Guidelines to Improve Research and Publishing Practices
Transparency and reproducibility are cornerstones of how science creates knowledge. Evidence for scientific claims should be shared openly so others can evaluate, question, replicate, or extend scientific studies. When evidence...
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Melissa Just Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer for Libraries That Learn
ARL has named Melissa Just as a visiting program officer (VPO) for the Libraries That Learn initiative from June 2015 to May 2016. Just, a recent graduate of ARL’s Leadership Fellows program,...
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Mark Robertson Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Innovation Lab
ARL has appointed Mark Robertson as a visiting program officer (VPO) for the Innovation Lab initiative from June 2015 to May 2016. Robertson, a recent graduate of ARL’s Leadership Fellows program,...
