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Membership Meeting 2014 (Spring): Building a 21st-Century Research and Teaching Infrastructure
Presented at the 164th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2014, in Columbus, Ohio, by Rebecca Graham mm14sp-graham.pdf
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Call for Proposals for SPEC Survey Topics 2015—Deadline July 18, 2014
ARL is seeking proposals for 2015 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement...
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Using ARL Statistics in Budget Justification Analysis: An Example from U Florida
Helping ARL member library staff understand their libraries’ budgets and make the case for their libraries is an important function of the data ARL collects. Brian Keith, associate dean for administrative...
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Edge Initiative for Public Library Technology Assessment Launches
The Edge Initiative, a new leadership and management tool for libraries that want to improve their public technology services, invites participation by public libraries across the United States. As of...
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U Montréal Cancels Subscriptions to 76% of Serials in Wiley Online Library
On January 14, 2014, the Université de Montréal (UdeM) libraries announced that they are cancelling their subscriptions to 1,142 of 1,510 periodicals in the Wiley Online Library at the end...
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Innovation and R&D, SPEC Kit 339, Published by ARL
ARL has released Innovation and R&D, SPEC Kit 339, which investigates the current state of both innovation and research and development (R&D) in research library organizations. This SPEC Kit examines...
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SPEC Kit 339: Innovation and R&D (December 2013)
This SPEC Kit investigates the current state of both innovation and R&D in research library organizations. It examines what outward-facing commitments libraries have made to innovation and R&D, and what...
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ARL Salary and Demographics Webcast Series Videos Available on YouTube
Videos of four webcasts highlighting uses of data from the ARL Annual Salary Survey are now available on ARL’s YouTube channel. The webcasts address what data are available through ARL,...
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Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories, SPEC Kit 338, Published by ARL
ARL has released Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories, SPEC Kit 338, which examines the ways in which research libraries are involved in the administration of disciplinary repositories. This SPEC Kit...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting to be held in Philadelphia next month. Highlights include: ARL Annual Leadership Symposium (invitation...