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Wikidata
In 2018, ARL convened a task force of expert Wikidata users, which recommended a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of...
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Digital Humanities Discovery
With funding from a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), ARL researched and prototyped ways to index and discover digital humanities (DH) projects on...
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ARL Positions on Open Access Principles and Practices
A new openness in scholarly and research environments is transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. Open practices accelerate the dissemination of scholars’ work and improve its quality, impact,...
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Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Jennifer Muilenburg Named ARL Visiting Program Officers for Research Data
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Cynthia Hudson-Vitale of Penn State University and Jennifer Muilenburg of University of Washington as part-time visiting program officers for research data, effective...
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Academy, Library Leaders Identify Actions to Promote Open Scholarship in Social Sciences
image CC-BY by Jer Thorp The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) gathered more than 30 leaders of scholarly communities, research libraries, and funding...
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ARL-SSRC Meeting on Open Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Summary and Next Steps
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) gathered more than 30 leaders of scholarly communities, research libraries, and funding organizations in December 2018 to...
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Peter Potter Named ARL Visiting Program Officer to Advance TOME Open Monograph Initiative
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has appointed Peter Potter as a visiting program officer (VPO) to advance TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), starting in January 2019. TOME is...
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ARL-SSRC Meeting on Open Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Prework Interview Report
This post is by Philip N. Cohen. In preparation for the December invitational meeting on open scholarship in social sciences, hosted by the Association of Research Libraries and the Social...
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ARL-SSRC Meeting on Open Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Prework Interview Report
This post by Philip N. Cohen is cross-posted from Open Sociology. In preparation for the December invitational meeting on open scholarship in social sciences, hosted by the Association of Research...
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OA in the Open National Forum Travel Awards Available
James Madison University (JMU) Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are offering $2,000 travel scholarships to attend a national forum of experts and stakeholders to address key opportunities...