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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
On June 28, 2021, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a "Request for Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies." The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R Launch Joint Project to Advance the Research and Learning Mission
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) launched a joint project in June 2021 to explore how libraries advance the higher education sector’s...
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ARL and Six Universities Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Study Discipline-Specific Models and Costs for Public Access to Research Data
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six universities involved in the Data Curation Network a $297,019 grant to conduct research, develop...
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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services Releases Final Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services has released its final report. The task force formed in 2020 with...
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Mark P. Newton Appointed Interim University Librarian for Boston University
Boston University (BU) has named Mark P. Newton interim university librarian, effective July 16, 2021. Newton has served as BU’s associate university librarian for Digital Strategies and Innovations since June...
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Micah Vandegrift Appointed ARL Visiting Program Officer for Accelerating Social Impact of Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Micah Vandegrift as a visiting program officer in the Scholars & Scholarship program for July 2021–July 2022. Vandegrift is the open knowledge...
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Sarah Hutton Named Interim Dean of Libraries for University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has appointed Sarah Hutton interim dean of libraries, effective August 22, 2021. Hutton has served as head of Student Success and Engagement for the...
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Hilary A. Craiglow Named Interim University Librarian for Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University has appointed Hilary A. Craiglow interim university librarian effective July 1, 2021. Craiglow has led the Walker Management Library at Vanderbilt for more than a decade and has...
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Consuella Askew Appointed Interim Vice President for University Libraries, University Librarian at Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, named Consuella Askew interim vice president for University Libraries/university librarian effective May 17, 2021. Askew has served as the associate university librarian at...
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ARL Publishes Issue Brief on Section 230 of Communications Decency Act
The 117th US Congress is holding hearings and debating bills on changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law that protects internet service providers and internet...