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Jisc LAMP Project to Illuminate Library Data
Earlier this year Jisc, along with Mimas (at University of Manchester) and University of Huddersfield, launched the Library Analytics and Metrics Project (LAMP) in the UK. LAMP aims to enable...
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LibQUAL+® to Offer Training at ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia
LibQUAL+ will offer a series of free workshops for current and potential participants in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Monday, January 27,...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses 2013 Open for Registration
Registration is now open for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at four ARL member libraries through 2013. Dates...
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Public Libraries Survey FY 2011 Data Now Available from IMLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has updated its Public Libraries in the United States Survey (PLS) website with final FY 2011 data. The survey collects descriptive statistics...
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LC’s Roberta Shaffer Discusses BIBFRAME at CNI Membership Meeting
CNI has published a podcast of a presentation by Roberta Shaffer, associate librarian for library services at the Library of Congress (LC), discussing LC's new Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) at the...
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ARL/SAA Mosaic Program Call for Applications—Deadline August 23, 2013
ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) are now accepting applications for the first cohort of the ARL/SAA Mosaic Program. This program promotes much-needed diversification of the archives and...
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ARL, Coalition Request Public Report on Government Surveillance
Yesterday ARL, together with 19 other privacy and civil liberties groups, sent a letter (PDF) to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), calling on the PCLOB to author...
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ARL Joins 22 Groups in Urging US Attorney General to Release Reports on Telephone Surveillance
Yesterday ARL, along with 22 other good-government groups, sent a letter (PDF) to the US Department of Justice urging Attorney General Eric Holder to make public any reports by Inspector...
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ARL’s National Digital Stewardship Resident Cycles for Libraries
Molly Schwartz, the National Digital Stewardship Resident who will be hosted by ARL this fall, was chosen as cyclist of the day on Day 3 of the Cycling for Libraries...
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Notes from Elliott Shore’s Listening Tour: Delaware, Cincinnati, Ohio U, OSU, Case Western
ARL executive director Elliott Shore has embarked on a "listening tour" of ARL member libraries. This is the seventh in a series of informal reports from his visits. In late...