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SPEC Kit 352: Collection Assessment (September 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores which collection assessment methods, measures, and practices ARL member libraries currently employ. This study gathered information on which library staff collect and analyze data, for what...
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LCA Submits Comments on Mandatory Deposit of Electronic Books and Sound Recordings Available Only Online
On August 18, 2016, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office regarding the "Mandatory Deposit of Electronic Books and Sound Recordings Available Only Online." Read...
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Synergy Issue 13, July 2016
This issue of Synergy: News from ARL Diversity Programs features three articles that relate to strategies of the Association of Research Libraries for increasing diversity and promoting equity in the...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—July 2016
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from April 1, 2016 through July 14, 2016...
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SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support, and develop affordable course content and open educational resources (ACC/OER). This study gathered information on ACC/OER initiatives...
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LCA Releases Statement on the Copyright Office’s NOI Concerning Section 108 of the Copyright Act
The Copyright Office in its June 7, 2016, notice of inquiry states that is seeking “to finalize its legislative recommendation” concerning a “re-drafting” of Section 108. LCA continues to oppose any...
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Strategic Thinking and Design Initiative: Extended and Updated Report
This extended and updated report, released in June 2016, documents the Strategic Thinking and Design work that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) undertook from the fall of 2013 through...
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SPEC Kit 350: Supporting Digital Scholarship (May 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores how library roles are evolving as multimodal and collaborative scholarship become more visible in the research landscape and how the emergence of these newly identified roles...
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Enabling Capacity Committees’ Final Reports
The Association’s four enabling capacity committees—Advocacy and Public Policy, Assessment, Diversity and Inclusion, and Member Engagement and Outreach—address how each committee will support the Strategic Framework. Advocacy and Public Policy...
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Design Teams’ Final Reports
The ARL Academy, Collective Collections, Innovation Lab, Libraries That Learn, and Scholarly Dissemination Engine Design Team final reports were submitted to the Coordinating Committee in November 2015. ARL Academy Final...
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