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ARL Library Liaison Supervisors to Convene in Boston January 11—RSVP by December 1
Evolving research library environments—including changes in technology, student learning, and scholarly practices—call for a fresh look into the role of research library liaisons, the people who proactively connect the library...
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IPEDS Survey Adopts New Definitions Based on Academic Library Community Input—Register for ARL Webinar
image CC-BY-SA by Visha Angelova The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Academic Libraries Component is adopting revised definitions for FY 2015 as a result of recommendations made by a...
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James Hilton Wins EDUCAUSE Leadership Award for 2015
Yesterday EDUCAUSE presented James Hilton with the 2015 Leadership Award at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hilton is university librarian, dean of libraries, and vice provost for digital...
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New Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1201 Rules Released
On October 27, 2015, the Library of Congress released its final rules for the current three-year cycle of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) Section 1201 rulemaking. The updated rules...
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Leaders in Business, Congress, Science Urge Renewed Committment to Research via “Innovation Imperative”
Now is not the time for the United States to rest on its past successes as an international leader in advancements in science, technology, engineering, and innovation. That is the...
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Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports—Transparency Caucus to Host Briefing
For more than two decades, the US Congress has wrestled with whether to systematically publicly distribute non-confidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, which provide Congress with analysis of major policy...
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IMLS, Sloan Foundation Jointly Award ARL Grant to Expand and Enhance SHARE
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1.2 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to...
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Google Books Project Ruled Fair Use by US Appeals Court—ARL Releases Issue Brief
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled on Friday, October 16, 2015, in Authors Guild v. Google—also known as the “Google Books” case—that Google’s mass scanning...
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Libraries Laud Appeals Court Affirmation That Mass Book Digitization by Google Is ‘Fair Use’
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today ruled in Authors Guild v. Google that Google's mass digital indexing of books for use in creating a searchable online...
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Accessibility Webinar to Explore Library and Publisher Roles in Providing Digital Resources to Users of All Abilities
Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday, October 28, to learn from recent successes and challenges in practicing inclusivity to improve access to digital resources in libraries. Looking through...
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