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Metadata Life Cycle: Mountain or Superhighway?
Introduction Federally mandated policies requiring public access to funded research data have impacted how institutions and researchers support the entire research data life cycle. Without a central infrastructure to support...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative: Research Update #1
Central to the aims of the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) project is an examination of the research-data landscape since the release of the Holdren public-access memo in 2013....
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ARL Comments on Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework
On March 3, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a “Request for Information to Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework.”...
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ARL Comments on Draft Genomic Data Management and Sharing Policy
On November 30, 2021, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a “Request for Information on Proposed Updates and Long-Term Considerations for the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.” The...
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Research Data Services: Partnerships
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services (RDS) formed in 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate and...
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Research Data
The proliferation, management, and preservation of research data is one of the most pressing challenges facing research libraries. ARL works with members, funders, and partners to advance FAIR (findable, accessible,...
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Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative
In 2023, the Association of Research Libraries was awarded the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant (LG-254930-OLS-23) to continue research into institutional expenses for public...
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ARL/CARL Joint Task Force on Research Data Services
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)/Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Joint Task Force on Research Data Services was formed in early 2020 with a two-fold purpose: (1) to demonstrate...
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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 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...