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Library Impact Research Report: Open Access Publishing: A Study of UC Berkeley Faculty Views and Practices
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team at the University of California (UC) Berkeley Library studied the relationship between faculty’s attitudes toward open access (OA) and their...
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Library Associations Share Community Response to White House Memorandum on Public Access to Research
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have submitted a letter to the chairs of the US National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)...
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ARL Addresses Copyright Implications of OSTP Public-Access Guidance in FAQs
In conversations around the recently updated public-access guidance from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), we've heard members of our community—including librarians, researchers, and administrators—raise questions...
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Public Access Data Management and Sharing Activities for Academic Administration and Researchers
The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative’s public-access data management and sharing (DMS) activities are the result of categorizing services and support across the institution that are likely needed...
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ARL Releases Report on US Academic Member Libraries’ Open Infrastructure Expenses
Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs has been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit society and individuals at scale through improved health outcomes, socioeconomic...
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Listening Session on OSTP Policy Guidance: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) are sponsoring a virtual listening session about the recent US Office of Science and Technology...
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Two-Page Table Compares 2013 and 2022 Public-Access Guidance from US Office of Science and Technology Policy
In August 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published new policy guidance, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research,” as an update...
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New Report and Resources Available on NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) have released a new report, Institutional Strategies for the NIH...
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Gearing Up for January 2023: Institutional Strategies for Implementing the NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy—Free September 30 Webinar
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy is set to go into effect in January 2023. As this is a new, broader policy, research institutions...
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ARL Celebrates Biden-Harris Administration’s Historic Policy to Make Federally Funded Research Immediately Available
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) enthusiastically welcomes today’s announcement by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that the administration has updated the 2013 “Expanding Public...