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Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Key Lessons from Ithaka S+R/ARL Report “Searching for Sustainability”
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part....
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Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: ARL to Offer Seminar for New Assessment Professionals
ARL is introducing a new educational opportunity for academic and research librarians: “Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals.” This...
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Library Assessment Conference 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline Approaching
ARL, the University of Washington Libraries, and the conference planning committee are accepting proposals through Tuesday, January 21, 2014, for the Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, to...
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Krista Cox Appointed Director of Public Policy Initiatives for ARL
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Krista L. Cox director of public policy initiatives, effective January 6, 2014. Cox is currently the staff attorney/legal counsel at Knowledge Ecology...
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ARL Releases RLI 284 on Digital Humanities, Library Space Assessment
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 284, which features an overview of the digital humanities by Don Waters of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This issue of RLI...
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Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories, SPEC Kit 338, Published by ARL
ARL has released Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories, SPEC Kit 338, which examines the ways in which research libraries are involved in the administration of disciplinary repositories. This SPEC Kit...
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Copyright Term Extension in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Opposed by 29 Organizations and 71 Individuals
ARL joined 28 other organizations and 71 individuals in a letter opposing a copyright term of life plus 70 years in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Authors of the letter,...
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ARL and ALA File Comments to FCC on E-Reader Accessibility
Earlier this month, ARL and the American Library Association (ALA) filed additional reply comments (PDF) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a request to waive e-reader access requirements for...
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SCOAP3 Open Access Publishing Initiative to Launch January 1
Under the leadership of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, partners in 24 countries are participating in the largest-scale global open access initiative ever built—SCOAP3. Involving an international collaboration...
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ARL Career Enhancement Program 2014 Fellows Selected
The ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Coordinating Committee has selected 13 fellows to participate in this competitive fellowship program. The Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute of Museum and...
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