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Martha Kyrillidou to Depart ARL
Martha Kyrillidou has announced that, after a 22-year career at ARL, she will resign effective December 31, 2015, to serve as a research associate at the University of Illinois iSchool...
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Damon Jaggars Named Vice Provost and Director of Ohio State University Libraries
The Ohio State University has appointed Damon Jaggars as vice provost, director of University Libraries, and professor, effective February 1, 2016, pending approval of the university’s Board of Trustees. Jaggars...
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ARL Leadership Fellows 2016–2017 Selected
The Association of Research Libraries has selected 28 individuals to participate in the 2016–2017 Leadership Fellows program. This executive leadership program facilitates the development of future senior-level leaders in large...
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ARL Fall Forum Explores Research Partnerships in Digital Scholarship for the Humanities and Social Sciences—Overview and Slides Online
More than 170 librarians, publishers, scholars, and others spent an invigorating day discussing research partnerships in digital scholarship for the humanities and social sciences at the Association of Research Libraries...
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National Diversity in Libraries Conference 2016 Call for Presentation Proposals—Deadline November 30, 2015
NDLC ’16: Bridges to Inclusion The National Diversity in Libraries Conference (NDLC ’16), cosponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL),...
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ARL, Higher Education Groups Support Lingua Editors, Open Access
Following in the footsteps of other editors and authors, the six editors and thirty-one editorial board members of the Elsevier journal Lingua resigned on October 27, 2015, in protest of...
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SPEC Survey Webcast on Evolution of Library Liaisons
Evolution of Library Liaisons 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...
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Evolution of Library Liaisons, SPEC Kit 349, Published by ARL
ARL has released Evolution of Library Liaisons, SPEC Kit 349, an exploration of the changing role of the library liaison, the shifting goals and strategies of liaison programs at ARL...
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ARL, Higher Ed Groups Urge US Supreme Court to Uphold Diversity in College Admissions
The Association of Research Libraries joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 36 other higher education associations in filing an amicus brief (PDF) with the US Supreme Court in...
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Higher Ed Groups Unveil National Designation for Institutions Excelling at Self-Assessment to Drive Student Success
The Association of Research Libraries encourages academic and research libraries to explore a new program recently announced by the Voluntary System of Accountability, a public college and university transparency initiative...