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Simon Fraser University to Become 124th Member of ARL
SFU Vancouver Campus Library, image courtesy of SFU Library At its Fall 2017 Association Meeting held October 3–4 in Washington, DC, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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Monica Ghosh Appointed Interim University Librarian at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has named Monica Ghosh as interim university librarian, effective August 25, 2017. The university is conducting a search for a successor to Irene Herold, who...
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Deirdre Scaggs Named Interim Dean of Libraries at University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky has appointed Deirdre Scaggs as interim dean of libraries, effective June 26, 2017. The university is conducting a search for a successor to Terry Birdwhistell, who stepped...
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Alan Grosenheider Appointed Acting University Librarian at UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) has appointed Alan Grosenheider as acting university librarian, effective July 1, 2017. Grosenheider has served as deputy university librarian at UCSB since August 2012. The university...
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Kathleen De Long Named Interim Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian at University of Alberta
University of Alberta has appointed Kathleen De Long as interim vice-provost and chief librarian, effective August 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, or until a new vice-provost and chief librarian...
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ARL Board of Directors 2017–2018 Elected by ARL Membership
Mary Ann Mavrinac Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, began a one-year term as president of...
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Research Libraries and Wikimedia: A Shared Commitment to Diversity, Open Knowledge, and Community Participation
In August of last year, representatives from the Wikimedia community, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Association of Research Libraries came together to determine common goals and find areas to collaborate. During two...
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Stanley Wilder Analyzes Hiring Trends in ARL Workforce: Second Article in Series
The second in a series of articles by Stanley Wilder, dean of libraries at Louisiana State University, examines hiring and staffing among staff in ARL member libraries over the past...
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ARL National Digital Stewardship Residency Concludes with Release of OSF Toolkit
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a toolkit to support the deep engagement of librarians in the creation and management of digital scholarship. Developed by Megan Potterbusch, the...
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Holistic Librarianship Highlighted in Research Library Issues
The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI) explores different models and approaches to holistic librarianship and the convergence among librarians in a variety of roles. The articles in this...