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Beth McNeil Named Iowa State University Library Dean
Iowa State University has appointed Beth McNeil as dean of the library, effective July 15, 2015. She is currently professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the Purdue University...
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IMLS Releases Annual Report for 2014
The US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released its 2014 Annual Report (PDF), which presents the federal agency’s accomplishments during the year. The report reviews the impact...
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US House Budget Proposal Calls for Elimination of IMLS
The US House of Representatives Budget Committee has released the FY 2016 Budget Resolution, “A Balanced Budget for a Stronger America.” The resolution provides a blueprint for how appropriations committees...
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Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Call for Applications—Deadline May 13, 2015
ARL is accepting applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW), a program designed to recruit master of library and information science (MLIS) students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Florida State, U Florida, U Miami
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a “listening tour” of ARL member libraries to see the innovative work ARL libraries are doing and to learn how ARL can...
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Google Analytics Workshop to Be Offered by ARL in San Francisco on June 25
The ARL Statistics and Measurement Program is offering a full-day, in-person workshop on Google Analytics to be held in San Francisco on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in partnership with LunaMetrics,...
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ARL Statistics & Assessment Presentations from ALA Midwinter 2015 Now Online
Slideshows and the accompanying audio from ARL Statistics & Assessment presentations delivered at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Chicago on January 30, 2015, are now freely available...
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GSU Opposes Publishers’ Motion to Reopen Record in E-Reserves Case
Following the Eleventh Circuit’s reversal and remand of the Georgia State University (GSU) e-reserves case in which the court largely rejected many arguments advanced by the publisher plaintiffs, the publishers...
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Defense Department Releases Plan for Public Access to DoD-Funded Research
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released a “Plan to Establish Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research” (PDF). The plan provides details and next steps regarding...
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FASTR Bill to Enhance Public Access to Research Introduced in US Congress
On March 18, 2015, members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate introduced the bipartisan Fair Access to Science & Technology Research (FASTR) Act of 2015 (S.779,...
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