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Memorial: Joseph Adonias Boisse, 1937–2015
Joseph Adonias Boisse, university librarian at University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, from 1983 to 1998 and director of libraries at Temple University from 1979 to 1983, died at the...
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Data Visualization Webcasts to Help You Tell Your Library’s Stories
Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau software, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. Join ARL for a free, four-part,...
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Infographic Explains Fundamentals and Importance of Fair Use
Fair use is an important right that provides balance to the copyright system in the US and supports the Constitutional purpose of copyright to “promote the Progress of Science and...
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CNI Project Briefing Proposals for Spring 2015 Meeting Due February 27
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is accepting proposals for project briefings to be presented at the CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting in Seattle, Washington, April 13–14. Proposal submission is...
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LibQUAL+® Presentations from ALA Midwinter Meeting Online
In conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Chicago on February 2, 2015, LibQUAL+ presented workshops on the foundations of the LibQUAL+ library service quality survey, administering...
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Brian Schottlaender Wins Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at the University of California (UC), San Diego, has been named the 2015 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award....
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ARL, 46 Groups Support FOIA Reform in US House, Senate
Two bills were introduced on February 2, 2015, in the US House of Representatives (H.R. 653) and the US Senate (S. 337) to update and reform the Freedom of Information...
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LCA Joins in Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1201 Submissions
In early February 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—ALA, ARL, ACRL—joined in five filings in the sixth Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1201 Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking. The triennial rulemaking permits...
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AHRQ, NASA, USDA Release Plans for Public Access to Funded Research
Three US Government agencies—the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)—recently released their plans for increasing...
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Reminder: Register for ScholCommCamp Unconference at ACRL 2015 in Portland
It’s not too late to join the first-ever unconference sponsored by the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC), ScholCommCamp, to be held Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., in...