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Memorial: William J. Studer, 1936–2021
William “Bill” Studer, director emeritus of The Ohio State University Libraries, died on October 14, 2021, at age 85. Studer earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Indiana University...
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Yolanda Cooper Appointed Next Vice Provost and Lindseth Family University Librarian for Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University has named Yolanda Cooper as the next vice provost and Lindseth Family University Librarian, effective January 1, 2022. Cooper is currently dean and university librarian at...
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University of California, Santa Cruz to Become 126th Member of ARL
At its Fall 2021 Association Meeting held virtually September 28–October 6, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) voted to invite University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Library...
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ARL Board of Directors 2021–2022 Elected by ARL Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2021–2022 Board of Directors on October 5 during the Fall 2021 Association Meeting. At the end of the meeting on October 6,...
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Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty Named Director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
The Smithsonian Institution has appointed Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty as director of Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, effective November 6, 2021. Evangelestia-Dougherty is currently an associate university librarian at Cornell University, where she...
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Memorial: Anne Woodsworth, 1941–2021
Anne Woodsworth, former ARL president and member representative from the University of Pittsburgh and York University, died on May 11, 2021, at age 80. Woodsworth began her professional career in...
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ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE Release Final Report on Research Libraries’ Use of Emerging Technologies
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE released Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So...
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Jerrell Jones Wins Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship for 2021
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has awarded Jerrell Jones the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship to attend the ARL Fall Forum 2021. The scholarship was established in 2015 to honor...
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Register Now for ARL Fall Forum to Explore Talent Management in Academic Libraries through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Join us for the ARL Fall Forum 2021, to be held virtually on Thursday, October 7, at noon–6:00 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT). The theme of this year’s Fall Forum...
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ARL Leadership Fellows 2021–2022 Selected
The ARL Leadership Fellows Program Selection Working Group and the Leadership Fellows Task Force have chosen 20 fellows for the 2021–2022 Leadership Fellows cohort. The new cohort brings together an...