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Higher Ed Associations Form Joint Steering Group to Build Federated System for Publicly Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced the formation of a joint steering group...
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Library Investment Index Summarizes Relative Size of ARL University Libraries for 2011–12
ARL has released the Library Investment Index for 2011–2012, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar...
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Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335, Published by ARL
ARL has published Digital Image Collections and Services, SPEC Kit 335, which examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images...
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U Connecticut Appoints Martha Bedard Vice Provost for Libraries
Martha Bedard has been named vice provost for University of Connecticut (UConn) Libraries, effective October 14, 2013. Bedard is currently dean of university libraries at the University of New Mexico....
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LibValue Webcast on Digitized Special Collections: Video Online
The video of the webcast “LibValue: Digitized Special Collections” presented on August 15 is now available on ARL's YouTube channel. This webcast describes how contingent valuation and Google Analytics can...
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ARL/DLF Forum Fellowship Available for Underrepresented Groups
ARL and the Digital Library Federation (DLF) are pleased to announce the new ARL/DLF Forum Fellowship for Underrepresented Groups. ARL and DLF are sponsoring up to five fellowships to promote...
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ARL Diversity Scholars Selected for 2013–2015
The ARL Committee on Diversity and Leadership has selected 15 master of library and information science (MLIS) students to participate in the 2013–2015 Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW)...
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Infographic Shows Good News about Library Fair Use
Today ARL, American University's (AU) Washington College of Law, and AU's School of Communication released a new infographic that tells the story of library fair use and the Code of...
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UVa Launches Archive of Local News Footage from Civil Rights Era
On August 2, the University of Virginia (UVa) Library released an online collection of historic news footage broadcast by Roanoke’s WSLS-TV from 1951 to 1971. According to an article by...
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CRL to Audit CLOCKSS Archive
The Digital Distributed Community Archive (the CLOCKSS Archive) has engaged the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) to undertake an in-depth audit of the CLOCKSS preservation archive. CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) is...
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