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New Report Provides Recommendations for Effective Data Practices Based on National Science Foundation Research Enterprise Convening
Today a group of research library and higher education leadership associations released Implementing Effective Data Practices: Stakeholder Recommendations for Collaborative Research Support. In this new report, experts from library, research,...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Winner Selected for 2020
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has awarded Nix Mendy the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship to attend the ARL Fall Forum 2020. The scholarship was established in 2015 to honor...
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Alanna Aiko Moore Named ARL Visiting Program Officer for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Alanna Aiko Moore as a visiting program officer for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs from May 2021 through July 2022. Moore is...
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Shira Perlmutter Appointed US Register of Copyrights
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today that she has named Shira Perlmutter register of copyrights and director of the US Copyright Office, effective in late October. The Library Copyright...
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Memorial: Donald B. Simpson, 1942–2020
Donald B. Simpson, former president of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), died on April 5, 2020, at age 77. Simpson served as CRL’s third president 1980–1999. Prior to that,...
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60 Open-Access University-Press Monographs Published through TOME Initiative
Sixty scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences have been made freely available to researchers, students, and the general public under the TOME initiative. The Association of American Universities,...
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Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline Extended through September 8
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has extended the application deadline for the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship through Tuesday, September 8. The scholarship supports the attendance of one master of...
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ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE Release Report on Future Scenarios for Research Libraries and Emerging Technologies
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE published today a report on two invitational workshops with experts in learning and research applications of...
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LibQUAL+ Library Customer Satisfaction Survey 2021 Registration Is Now Open
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened 2021 registration for LibQUAL+®, a leading library customer satisfaction assessment tool. For the past 20 years, libraries have depended on LibQUAL+ survey...
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ARL Fall Forum to Explore Leading Libraries toward Anti-racism in a Changing World
Registration is open for the ARL Fall Forum 2020, to be hosted virtually by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on Thursday, October 8. The theme of this year’s Fall...