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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,...
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MINES for Libraries®: Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services—Call for Participation
ARL invites participation in the MINES for Libraries survey in 2015–2016. Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services (MINES for Libraries, or MINES) is an online, transaction-based survey that collects...
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ARL Joins 252 Groups, 10 Business Leaders in Call to Action for American “Innovation Imperative”
Following the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) report Restoring the Foundation: The Vital Role of Research in Preserving the American Dream, ARL today joined scores of other organizations...
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ClimateQUAL®: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment—Call for Participation 2015–2016
ARL invites participation in the ClimateQUAL survey in 2015–2016. The online survey collects information about: (a) library staff perceptions of the organization’s commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) staff...
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2016—Deadline July 17, 2015
ARL is seeking proposals for 2016 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...
