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SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposed by ARL, AAU, APLU
ARL, the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have drafted a proposal, “SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)” (PDF), in response to the...
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Institute for Internet Culture, Policy & Law to Highlight Privacy, Accessibility
Privacy and accessibility issues will be featured at this year's Cornell University Institute for Internet Culture, Policy, and Law (ICPL), to be held September 18–20, 2013, at Cornell. The oldest...
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Article-Level Metrics Primer Released by SPARC
This spring SPARC published a community resource, Article-Level Metrics: A SPARC Primer (PDF), by Greg Tananbaum. Article-level metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles...
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E-Book Landscape Surveyed by Clifford Lynch
CNI executive director Clifford Lynch provides an overall assessment of the e-book situation in the latest American Libraries digital supplement, “Digital Content: What's Next?” In his article, “Ebooks in 2013:...
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Library Associations Thank House Committee for Supporting Free Access to Government Documents
On May 30, ARL joined the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), and Special Libraries Association (SLA) in a letter (PDF) to the Committee on...
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ARL Releases RLI 282 on Library Budgets, Journal Bundles, Reference Staffing
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282, which features articles on ARL library budgets over the past two years, subscriptions to journal collections from large publishers, and the...
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LCA Files Amicus in HathiTrust Case, Joins Flood of Support from Higher Ed, Disability Groups, Nonprofits
On June 3, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief (PDF) in support of HathiTrust and its partners as they defend their district court victory on appeal in...
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ARL’s Tricia Donovan Appointed Coordinator of Professional Education and Project Support, U Maryland iSchool
Tricia Donovan has resigned as communications and project coordinator at ARL, effective June 28, 2013. She is taking the position of coordinator of professional education and project support at the...
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Sequester Unpacked: Video Explains Impact of Federal Budget Cuts
NDD United—a campaign representing 3,200 organizations, including ARL, working to stop budget cuts to core US government functions—has released a 3-minute video that explains the impact of disproportionate cuts in...
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ClimateQUAL®: Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment—Call for Participation 2013
ARL invites participation in the ClimateQUAL survey in 2013. The online survey collects information about: (a) library staff perceptions of the organization’s commitment to the principles of diversity, (b) staff...
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