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Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges
On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E....
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SPARC-ACRL Forum: Understanding the Implications of Open Education: MOOCs and More
The open access movement has focused on making scholarship freely available, expanding distribution while lowering barriers for re-use. The open educational resources (OER) movement has focused on making teaching and...
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ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research
Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically important action. The memorandum...
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MINES for Libraries® Webcast Registration Open
Washington, DC—Online registration is now open for the 2012 MINES for Libraries® Webcast, a free workshop designed to provide potential and current participants with vital information on the MINES for Libraries®...
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Career Enhancement Program Call for Applications
ARL is now accepting applications for the ARL Career Enhancement Program. Masters of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups, who have successfully completed a...
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ARL Joins ALA, ACRL, EFF in Amicus Brief Supporting Google Book Search
Washington, DC—On August 1, 2012, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and...
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Library Assessment Career Achievement Award: Call for Nominations
ARL is now soliciting nominations for the 2012 Library Assessment Career Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Library Assessment Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, this October. The criteria are...
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Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Advancing the Science of Population Health and Aging through Open Access Interdisciplinary Research
Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012. mm12sp-raina.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Open scholarship: digital scholarship
Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012. mm12sp-munoz.pdf
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Establish a Universal, Open Library or Digital Data Commons
Deepening our understanding of our nation and its culture and history, advancing scientific discovery, tackling environmental, economic issues, and more, all depend on scientists, researchers, students, scholars, and members of...