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Rikk Mulligan Appointed ARL Program Officer for Scholarly Publishing, ACLS Public Fellow
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Rikk Mulligan program officer for scholarly publishing, effective July 14, 2014. His two-year fellowship position has been funded by the American Council...
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SHARE Selects Center for Open Science as Development Partner for Notification Service
SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) and the Center for Open Science (COS), a Charlottesville, Virginia–based nonprofit technology start-up, have agreed to form a partnership to build the SHARE Notification Service,...
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Boston Library Consortium Calls Out Publishers on Price Gouging
On May 27, 2014, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a letter to the editor entitled, “Ebook Pricing Hikes Amount to Price-Gouging.” As a result of announced price increases that...
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Closing the Loop: Evaluating Your Key Scholarly Communication Programs and Services
Many libraries have been operating scholarly communication programs or providing scholarly communication services for several years. We have identified what is important to our communities. We have thought strategically about...
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SHARE Launches Knowledge Base
Have you heard about SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) and wondered exactly what it is? Do you need to explain SHARE to stakeholders, both on and off campus? The new...
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ARL, SPARC, Other Organizations Oppose FIRST Act
On March 24, 2014, ARL, SPARC, and 14 other organizations sent a letter (PDF) to Chairman Smith (R-TX) and Representative Johnson (D-TX) urging them to modify the Frontiers in Innovation...
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Research Libraries and the Big Deal: Author Version of Study Available
“Unwrapping the Bundle: An Examination of Research Libraries and the ‘Big Deal’,” by Karla L. Strieb of the Ohio State University (OSU) and Julia C. Blixrud of ARL has been...
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LIBLICENSE Model License Being Revised by North American Working Group
Under the auspices of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the LIBLICENSE Model License for e-resources is undergoing a vigorous...
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SHARE Notification System Project Plan
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification System Project Plan, released February 6, 2014, details the first in a series of activities to be undertaken by SHARE to ensure that...
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ARL to Host ACLS Fellow in Scholarly Publishing—Apply by March 19
ARL has been selected to be a host organization for the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Public Fellows Program, a career-building fellowship initiative designed to expand the reach of...
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