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ARL Applauds Senate on Passage of USA FREEDOM Act
On June 2, 2015, the US Senate voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that bans the bulk collection of records that has been practiced by the National Security...
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ARL Voices Support for Baltimore Libraries during Civil Unrest
Following the April 19, 2015, death of Freddie Gray while in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland, ARL president Deborah Jakubs sent a letter on behalf of the Association to the...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Annual Conference to be held in San Francisco this summer. Highlights include: Google Analytics WorkshopThursday,...
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Blog on Web Accessibility in Research Libraries Launched by ARL
ARL’s Accessibility and Universal Design Working Group is pleased to announce a new blog devoted to facilitating Web Accessibility in Research Libraries. The blog is an enhancement of ARL’s Web...
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LibQUAL+® to Offer Training at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco
LibQUAL+ is offering a free workshop in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Friday, June 26, 2015. This one-hour session will provide...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Berkeley for Spring 2015 Meeting—Slides Online
ARL president Deborah Jakubs (Duke University) convened the 166th ARL Membership Meeting in Berkeley, California, on the afternoon of April 28, 2015. The theme of this Membership Meeting was “Global...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Fellows 2015-2017 Selected
The selection committee for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Society of American Archivists (SAA) Mosaic Program has chosen six master of library and information science (MLIS) students with specializations in...
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar
Registration is now open for “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar,” to be held in Washington, DC, October 22–23, 2015. This two-day, in-person event...
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Reminder: Google Analytics Workshop to Be Offered by ARL in San Francisco on June 25
There is still time to register for ARL's full-day, in-person workshop on Google Analytics to be held in San Francisco on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The workshop is offered by...
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ARL, ACRL, ALA Form Joint Advisory Task Force to Clarify Academic Library Definitions in IPEDS Survey
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a joint advisory task force to suggest changes to the current definitions and...
