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Letter to Depository Library Council on Reform of the Federal Depository Library Program
On August 25, 2017, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted comments on reform fo the Federal Depository Library Program. 2017.08.25-DLC-Recommendations.pdf
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ARL Projects in the Pipeline, September 2017
An update on projects being tracked by the Association of Research Libraries Coordinating Committee from February through September 2017. ARL Projects in the Pipeline, September 2017
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ARL Joins Reply Comments Urging Protection of Net Neutrality
On August 30, 2017, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined reply comments by several higher education organizations in the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proceeding "In...
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Issue Brief: Using Fair Use to Preserve and Share Disappearing Government Information
Access to government information is a fundamental principle in a democratic society. Particularly in the digital environment, government information is a driver for economic and social progress as well as...
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ARL Submits Reply Comments Urging Protection of Net Neutrality
On August 29, 2017, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submitted reply comments in the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proceeding "In the Matter of Restoring Internet...
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Issue Brief: Metadata and Copyright—Should Institutions License Their Data about Scholarship?
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is committed to promoting open scholarship, including making metadata—foundational information about scholarly works—as widely available as possible. Allowing the broadest access to and reuse...
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University of Florida Dean of Libraries Judith Russell’s Message to Staff, November 2016
Judith Russell, dean of University Libraries at University of Florida, sent the e-mail message below to all library staff on November 20, 2016. From: Judith C. Russell To: All University of...
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SPEC Kit 355: Campus-wide Entrepreneurship (July 2017)
This SPEC Kit gathers information about library services and resources, funding models, staffing and administrative support, assessment, and the unique challenges of supporting these programs. This SPEC Kit includes examples...
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SPEC Kit 354: Data Curation (May 2017)
This SPEC Kit explores the infrastructure that ARL member institutions are using for data curation, which data curation services are offered, who may use them, which disciplines demand services most,...
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Proceedings of the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment
The sixth biennial Library Assessment Conference, held in Arlington, Virginia, brought together 600 participants from 47 US states and the District of Columbia, 7 Canadian provinces, and 12 countries outside...