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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
by Cindy Ingold and Heather Murphy | Library Diversity Committee Co-Chairs | on March 1, 2016 The UIUC Library Diversity Committee held two information sessions on microagressions in fall 2015, subsequent to...
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Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality: Duke University
by Deborah Jakubs | Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs | on March 1, 2016 Duke University Archives (UA) is crawling (collecting) tweets with hashtags (using TAGS)...
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What ARL Members Are Doing to Advance Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality
In 2015, student groups at campuses across the United States and Canada challenged their college and university administrations to address issues of institutional and systemic racism and other oppressive practices...
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LCA Members Join Associations in IFLA Letter Regarding TPPA
On July 4, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined a letter from IFLA regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations. Letter (PDF)
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Joint Statement in Support of the US Ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty
On February 25, 2016, the Association of Research Libraries along with 14 other organizations circulated a statement of support for the prompt ratification by the United States of the Marrakesh Treaty...
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Fair Use in a Day in the Life of a College Student (infographic)
Created in conjunction with Fair Use Week 2016, the “Fair Use in a Day in the Life of a College Student” infographic shows how a college student relies on fair...
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ARL Statistics Survey and IPEDS Crosswalk
Crosswalk between the ARL Statistics Survey and IPEDS Surveys (Academic Libraries Component (AL) and Other IPEDS components). side-by-side-comparison-arl-ipeds-final-2feb2016.xls
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Fair Use, MOOCs, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Frequently Asked Questions
On January 22, 2016, Brandon Butler and Peter Decherney, American University Washington College of Law, prepared a short FAQ to explain the a new rule permitting faculty and staff creating...
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Nothing New Under the Sun
A paper by Jonathan Band, policybandwith, and Caile Morris, Association of Research Libraries, discusses copyright and creativity. Nothing-New-Under-the-Sun.pdf
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—December 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from October 1, 2015 to December 22, 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. 2015.12.22-pr-AdvocacyAndPolicyUpdateDecember.pdf