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Implementing Effective Data Practices: Stakeholder Recommendations for Collaborative Research Support
In this report, experts from library, research, and scientific communities provide key recommendations for effective data practices to support a more open research ecosystem. The recommendations are based on information...
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Implementing Effective Data Practices Conference Planning Committee Seeks Community Review of Recommendations for Action
Note: The public comment period for the recommendations closed on August 7, 2020. The planning committee for “Implementing Effective Data Practices: A Conference on Collaborative Research Support” is pleased to...
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P2L4 to Convene University Presses, Libraries Virtually July 22—Open to Full ARL, AUPresses Membership
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of University Presses (AUPresses) annually convene the P2L community—presses and libraries who share a reporting relationship. This year, we are opening up...
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ARL and CARL Form Joint Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Advocacy and Public Policy Committee and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Policy Committee today announce the launch of a joint ARL/CARL Task...
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Association of Research Libraries Urges End to Litigation against Internet Archive
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) urges an end to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive filed early this month by four major publishers in the United States District Court...
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ARL, ACRL, Oberlin Group of Libraries Urge Library Vendors to Continue Free Access, Hold Subscription Prices Steady during COVID-19 Pandemic
The academic library community appreciates the ways that library vendors and service providers have made electronic resources freely and openly available to support the acute global response to COVID-19 and...
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More Research Libraries Decline “Big Deal” Subscription Contracts with Publishers
The impact of COVID-19 increases the urgency for innovative approaches for barrier-free access to information. When the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and the entire State University...
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ARL Responds to US Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on Public Access to Federally Funded Research
On February 19, 2020, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued “Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting from Federally Funded...
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IARLA Statement on Access to Digital Content for Education and Research during the Period of COVID-19 Response
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), representing the research libraries of Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is today amplifying the calls that our...
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Librarians Create Conditions for Researchers to Tackle Grand Challenges with Data Science
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the global scientific effort to develop treatments and vaccines, is the latest large-scale event to show the power and urgency of collaboration and data-sharing to solve...