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Day of Action to Urge White House to Create Truth and Reparations Commissions via Executive Action
On February 28—the last day of Black History Month 2022—supporters of H. Con. Res. 19 (to establish a US Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Commission) and H.R. 40 (to establish...
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Fellows Selected for ARL Leadership and Career Development Program 2022–2023
The ARL Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP) Task Force has chosen 25 fellows for the 2022–2023 LCDP cohort, based on recommendations from the LCDP Selection Working Group. The LCDP...
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Save the Date for the Library Assessment Conference, November 1-4, 2022
The Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the ninth biennial Library Assessment Conference will be offered in a virtual format November 1–4, 2022. A call for...
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Libraries, Universities, and Civil Society Groups to Celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022 on February 21–25
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2022–an annual international celebration of these important copyright doctrines–will take place Monday–Friday, February 21–25. Fair use (in the US) and fair dealing (in Canada and other...
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Webinar Invitation: Funding Vital Open-Science Infrastructure and the SCOSS Third Pledging Round
As a participating member of the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to invite you to a webinar "Everything You Always...
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Remembering Anne Kenney, 1950–2022
Anne R. Kenney, university librarian emerita for Cornell University, died on February 5, 2022, at age 72. Kenney served as Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University from April...
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Memorial: Margo Crist, 1947–2021
Margaret “Margo” Leona Crist, former director of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Libraries, died on December 15, 2021, at age 74. Crist became director of the W. E. B....
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ARL Statement on Violent Threats against HBCUs
The Association of Research Libraries strongly condemns all forms of racially intended violence. The recent targeting of historically Black colleges and universities with bomb threats meant to silence their voices...
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ALA/ARL Seek Feedback on Draft Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework
The Joint ALA/ARL Building Cultural Proficiencies for Racial Equity Framework Task Force seeks feedback from the library community on the initial draft framework. Library workers can submit feedback on the...
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ARL Celebrates the Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) on His Retirement
After 12 years of distinguished service as the 10th archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero will retire in April 2022. President Obama appointed Ferriero in 2009. He was...
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