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ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE form strategic partnership to advance research libraries’ Impact in a world shaped by new technologies

Libraries, TechnologyAugust 21, 2019

(16 Aug 2019) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE are working together to better understand how research libraries, as collaborative partners in the research and learning enterprise, can best advance research and learning during these times of significant changes in the production, dissemination, and reuse of digital…

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ARL White Paper on Wikidata highlights use of open knowledge in scholarly communication, special collections

Research SupportApril 23, 2019

(18 Apr 2019) In a new Association of Research Libraries (ARL) white paper, a task force of expert Wikidata users recommend a variety of ways for librarians to use the open knowledge base in advancing global discovery of their collections, faculty, and institutions. Librarians are using Wikidata’s structured data about people, topics, concepts, and objects to populate…

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Radical Collaboration in Research Data Management Explored in Research Library Issues

Data, Metadata, Open Access, Research SupportDecember 24, 2018

(20 December 2018) The latest issue of Research Library Issues (RLI), gathers reflections by six archivists and librarians on the practice of radical collaboration applied to research data management (RDM). Archivist Nancy McGovern describes radical collaboration as “inclusive, involving commitment and effort by most or all members that are broadly representative of the various aspects of the common…

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ARL seeks Director of Research and Analytics

JobsNovember 6, 2018

(5 November 2018) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional interested in leading the Association’s institutional and organizational effectiveness program to meet the needs and interests of ARL members. ARL’s strategic initiatives call for an emphasis on assessment that reflects libraries’ contributions to research, teaching, and learning outcomes…

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Retirement wave to hit academic librarianship

Jobs, LibrariesOctober 20, 2017

(19 October 2017) Like other greying professions, demographic data for ARL libraries warn us of a breaking wave of retirements, but may paint an unrealistic picture of what the beach will look like after the surf has settled. Read the article by Phil Davis in The Scholarly Kitchen.

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Issue Briefs advise libraries on archiving government information, licensing metadata about scholarship

(14 September 2017) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released two issue briefs answering pressing questions about copyright faced by libraries and archives: Can institutions legally preserve and share government information from the internet? And should institutions license their metadata describing scholarly works? More here.

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Supporting Digital Scholarship, SPEC Kit 350, Published by ARL

ToolsMay 28, 2016

(26 May 2016) The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Supporting Digital Scholarship, SPEC Kit 350, an exploration of how library roles are evolving as multimodal and collaborative scholarship become more visible in the research landscape, and how these newly identified roles influence the work of library staff. This study covers the types of…

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Library Investment Index summarizes relative size of ARL university libraries for 2013–2014

LibrariesAugust 21, 2015

(20 August 2015) ARL has released the Library Investment Index for 2013–2014, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar to the ARL Membership Criteria Index in reflecting the investments made in research libraries, the ARL Library Investment Index is less affected…

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Data visualization webcast videos now online

Data, ToolsMay 13, 2015

(11 May 2015) Data visualization brings library stories to life. Using Tableau software, libraries may better harness, analyze, and report their data to internal and external stakeholders. Video recordings of ARL’s recent web series on data management and visualization with Tableau are freely available on ARL’s YouTube channel. The announcement is here.

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Authors Guild v. HathiTrust litigation ends in victory for fair use

( 8 January 2015) The ARL reports that for the past several years, HathiTrust and five of its member universities have been engaged in litigation after being sued by the Authors Guild. On 6 January 2015, the parties entered a settlement on the sole issue remaining before the district court, ending the litigation in a…

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