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COUNTER Seeks Comments on Draft Reports by June 30, July 31
COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources) has developed two new types of reports that are available for public comment: three draft book-usage reports are available for comment until...
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Krisellen Maloney Named Rutgers Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian
Rutgers University has appointed Krisellen Maloney as vice president for information services and university librarian, effective July 15, 2015. Maloney is currently dean of libraries at University of Texas at San...
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Canadian Copyright Act Amendments Introduced in House of Commons in Preparation for Marrakesh Treaty
On June 8, 2015, the Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities Act (Bill C-65) was introduced in Canada’s House of Commons. Bill C-65 contains amendments that would modify the Copyright...
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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...
