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Librarian of Congress James Billington to Retire
On June 10, 2015, after 27 years as Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington announced that he will retire effective January 1, 2016. A Russia scholar, Billington was appointed by...
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US House of Representatives Advances Bills on NSF Funding and Reauthorization
On May 20, 2015, the US House of Representatives passed two bills that carry troubling implications for the National Science Foundation (NSF): the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R....
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Canadian Authors Collective—Access Copyright—Dealt Major Blow; Future Uncertain
Bobby Glushko, head of the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office at the University of Toronto Libraries, recently wrote an ARL Policy Notes blog post about a Copyright Board of Canada decision...
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Aspen Institute Report on Institutional Innovation Highlights Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education
The Aspen Institute has published a report on its July 2014 Roundtable on Institutional Innovation, in which ARL executive director Elliott Shore participated along with 22 other leaders in business...
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Getting Found: SEO Cookbook Available to Help Libraries Use Google Analytics
A free, online toolkit published by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) helps libraries measure and monitor the search engine optimization (SEO) performance of their digital repositories. The...
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House of Representatives Passes USA FREEDOM Act; Senate to Act Quickly
On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that bans bulk collection of records under Section 215 of the USA...
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Ann Thornton Appointed Columbia University Librarian and Vice Provost
Columbia University has named Ann D. Thornton as university librarian and vice provost, effective June 1, 2015. She is currently the Andrew W. Mellon director of the New York Public...
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Net Neutrality Lawsuits Filed; Congress to Review FCC’s Open Internet Order
On April 13, 2015, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published in the Federal Register its final Open Internet Order protecting net neutrality. The rule—which the FCC voted to approve...
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Lorraine Estelle Named COUNTER Project Director
COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources) has appointed Lorraine Estelle as project director, effective summer 2015. She is currently CEO of Jisc Collections and executive director of digital...
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Joy Kirchner Appointed York University Librarian
York University has named Joy Kirchner as university librarian for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2015. She is currently associate university librarian for content & collections and interim associate...
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