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Anne Kenney Wins Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award
Anne R. Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch university librarian at Cornell University, has been named the 2014 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. The American Library Association (ALA) will...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Call for Applications—Deadline April 1, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) are now accepting applications for the second cohort of the ARL/SAA Mosaic Program. This program promotes much-needed...
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Additional Session in November
Due to high demand for the spring offering of “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,” ARL has opened registration...
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The Day We Fight Back: NSA Reform Bills to End Mass Surveillance and Provide Greater Transparency
Today, February 11, 2014, individuals and groups are participating in “The Day We Fight Back,” a day of action protesting the US government’s mass surveillance programs. Revelations about the National...
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Preservation Statistics FY 2012 Now Available, FY 2013 Data Collection Underway
Sixty-two cultural heritage institutions participated in the pilot FY 2012 Preservation Statistics Survey, a project of the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the American Library Association (ALA) and the...
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LibQUAL+® Workshops at ALA Midwinter: Slides Now Online
On January 27 at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the LibQUAL+ team presented several workshops on the foundations of LibQUAL+, survey administration, and interpreting survey results. The team...
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U Minnesota to Offer Institute for Early-Career Librarians in July
The University of Minnesota (UMN) Libraries is accepting applications for its ninth biennial Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups to be held July 19–July 25, 2014, at...
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FCC Grants One-Year Waiver of E-Reader Accessibility Requirement
On January 28, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a one-year waiver exempting e-readers from the requirement that equipment used for advanced communication services (ACS) be accessible to, and...
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SHARE Releases Notification System Project Plan
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)—a joint initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)—released...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Syracuse: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Friday, February 21, 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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