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European Commission Seeks Public Input on Modernizing Copyright Rules
The European Commission has launched a public consultation as part of its ongoing efforts to update European Union (EU) copyright rules. According to a December 5 European Commission press release,...
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XML and XSLT Workshops to Be Offered by ARL and DLF
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Assessment program and the Digital Library Federation (DLF), a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources, are pleased to offer...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting to be held in Philadelphia next month. Highlights include: ARL Annual Leadership Symposium (invitation...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Brown, Dartmouth, UMass, UConn, Yale
Brown University, Robinson Hall (Old Library) ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the ninth in a series of informal...
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Library Community Encourages FCC to Make Materials Accessible via FDsys
On Monday, December 2, ARL joined others in the library community in a letter (PDF) requesting that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make its primary legal materials and publicly available...
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National Organizations Urge Congress to Stop Sequestration
On Wednesday, December 4, ARL joined 469 national organizations in a letter (PDF) urging the US Congress to replace sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction. The organizations stated,...
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ARL Liaison Program Heads Invited to Discuss New Roles at ALA Midwinter
ARL’s Transforming Research Libraries initiative is sponsoring a meeting in conjunction with the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting to convene ARL liaison program directors and continue the conversation...
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ARL Strategic Design Meeting Convenes in Toronto
ARL’s strategic thinking and design process continues apace. Julia Blixrud reports on the regional design meeting hosted by the University of Toronto in November. She notes: Some of the themes...
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Succeed Awards 2014 Nominations Due February 15
The Succeed Awards are seeking nominations for 2014. The awards will recognize successful implementation of digitization programs, especially those exploiting the latest technology and the output of research for the...
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ARL Joins Day of Action to Demand ECPA Reform
Today ARL is joining a nationwide day of action calling for reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which allows the US government to access e-mail and documents in...
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