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National Science Foundation Releases Plan for Public Access to NSF-Funded Research
Today, March 18, 2015, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) released, “NSF’s Public Access Plan: Today’s Data, Tomorrow’s Discoveries—Increasing Access to the Results of Research Funded by the National Science...
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U Rochester Libraries Wins Mellon Grant to Establish Digital Humanities Institute
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries a $100,672 grant to fund a pilot program designed to strengthen librarians’ competencies in digital scholarship....
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Elliott Shore Reelected as Higher Education Association Representative to ACE Board
The American Council on Education (ACE) has reelected ARL executive director Elliott Shore to serve as a higher education association representative to the ACE Board of Directors for a one-year...
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FCC Open Internet Order Incorporates Proposals by Library and Higher Education Groups
On February 26, 2015, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted its new Open Internet Order, ensuring that Internet providers cannot create “fast lanes” and “slow lanes,” by reclassifying broadband...
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Fair Use Week 2015 Highlights
On February 23–27, 64 organizations and institutions participated in Fair Use Week 2015, an annual celebration of the important (and flexible) doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. Fair Use...
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Reminder: Accessibility Webinar to Foster Library-Publisher Collaboration on Inclusive Learning Resources
There is still time to register for ARL’s free webinar to be held next Tuesday, March 17, about the value of producing or procuring accessible born-digital resources to support library...
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HHS Releases Plans for Public Access to Federally Funded Research
On February 27, 2015, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released implementation plans for five HHS agencies based on a common policy approach in response to the...
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ARL Applauds Federal Communications Commission Decision to Support Net Neutrality
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today, February 26, 2015, in favor of adopting rules to protect and promote the open Internet, also known as net neutrality. With today’s...
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Former ARL Leadership Fellows Explore Centers of Excellence for Information Services
In 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a team of librarians who met as 2011–2012 ARL Research Library Leadership Fellows a planning grant to examine the potential use of the...
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COAR-SPARC Conference 2015 to Convene in Portugal in April
Registration is open for the COAR-SPARC Conference 2015, “Connecting Research Results, Bridging Communities, Opening Scholarship,” to be held in Porto, Portugal, April 15–16. Co-hosted by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic...