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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at U Alberta: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, is the last day to register at early-bird rates for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists...
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ARL Library Assessment Forum Highlights Value of Library Spaces—Slides Online
On January 24, 2014, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the ARL Statistics and Assessment program hosted an engaging Library Assessment Forum. Bob Fox, dean of libraries at the...
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Using ARL Statistics in Budget Justification Analysis: An Example from U Florida
Helping ARL member library staff understand their libraries’ budgets and make the case for their libraries is an important function of the data ARL collects. Brian Keith, associate dean for administrative...
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Minnesota Institute for Early-Career Librarians Opens to Non-MLIS Library Professionals
The Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups has broadened its application requirement for the graduate degree to include degrees in relevant areas—applicants must have either an...
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Brian Schottlaender Takes Ecosystem View of Digital Preservation
The latest issue of Library Resources & Technical Services features a guest editorial by Brian E. C. Schottlaender, the Audrey Geisel university librarian at University of California, San Diego, and...
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Close the Innovation Deficit—Business, Higher Education, Scientific Organizations Urge Congress with New Video
With President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal due next week and the appropriations season starting on Capitol Hill, a coalition of 14 business, higher education, and scientific organizations launched...
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Mike Furlough Named HathiTrust Executive Director
HathiTrust has announced the appointment of Mike Furlough as executive director, effective May 19, 2014. Furlough is currently associate dean for research and scholarly communications at Pennsylvania State University. He...
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Fair Use Proposed by Australian Law Reform Commission
On February 13, 2014, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) issued a 478-page report on Copyright and the Digital Economy, which made a number of positive recommendations for copyright reform...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Syracuse: Register Now
There are still seats available in the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at Syracuse University, March 10–14, 2014. You...
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E-Research Peer Network and Mentoring Group Offered to E-Science Institute Alumni
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are providing a new opportunity for E-Science Institute alumni: the E-Research Peer Network and Mentoring Group course....