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ARL/Music Library Association Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Call for Applications
ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL/Music Library Association (MLA) Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII). This scholarship program, funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from...
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FCC to Decide E-Reader Waiver Petition by January 28
On October 22, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau announced that the FCC needs more time to review a petition requesting a waiver for certain e-reader...
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ASAP Award Recipients Announced
The three award recipients of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) were announced October 21 in Washington, DC, at the Open Access Week kick-off event hosted by SPARC and the...
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Sloan Foundation Awards ARL Grant to Develop SHARE for Access to Publicly Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded $50,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help develop the proposed SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE). SHARE is a joint...
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Mainstreaming Special Collections: ARL Releases RLI 283
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 283, a special issue on aligning, integrating, and mainstreaming special collections into broader library operations, guest edited by ARL visiting program officer...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses in Ohio: 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 Ohio State University in Columbus, November...
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Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337, Published by ARL
ARL has released Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337, which examines research libraries’ print retention decision making strategies related to storage of materials in three different types of facilities...
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Career Enhancement Program Application Deadline Extended
The application deadline for the 2014 ARL Career Enhancement Program has been extended to Wednesday, October 30, 2013. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic...
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ARL, Coalition Voice Support for Surveillance Transparency Legislation
On September 30, ARL, together with 71 other privacy and civil liberties groups, sent a letter to the US Senate and House Judiciary Committees (PDF), calling on Congress to provide...
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ARL/DLF Forum Fellows 2013 Announced
The Digital Library Federation (DLF) and the 2013 DLF Program Planning Committee have awarded five ARL-funded 2013 ARL/DLF Forum Fellowships for Underrepresented Groups. Each fellow will receive complimentary registration and...