« Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have the potential to disrupt the research environment significantly. There is an immediate need for members of the research environment to be proactive and plan for plausible futures that AI may continue to bring to their communities and their workplaces.
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« Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle examines research data management and sharing practices at six research-intensive academic institutions: Cornell University, Duke University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, and Washington University in St. Louis. Sponsored by the…
« Academic institutions have made significant investments to support public access to research data requirements, yet little to no data about these services, infrastructure, and costs currently exist or are widely shared. For public access to research data to be optimized, funding agencies, institutions, and organizations must better understand the investments…
« Exhibits are an increasingly common means of outreach for academic libraries, leading to a growing interest in how librarians curate exhibits to intrigue, educate, and collaborate with users. This study examined digital exhibits produced by ARL-member…
« The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research Library Impact Framework (RLIF) pilot initiative, established in 2019, has released its final report, Building a Community of Assessment. The report details the research projects, findings, and lessons learned conducted under the pilot phase of this framework.…
« 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 mobility, and environmental well-being, to name a few. Academic research libraries, for their part, have made significant investments in opening…
« Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) launched KnowYourCopyrights.org, a revamped resource to support library leaders, practitioners, and advocates in proactively asserting library rights in the digital era. Libraries, as well as the research, teaching, and learning activities that they support, enjoy special rights in US law,…
« L’ARL, L’ABRC et Ithaka S+R sont heureux de publier le rapport final de la recherche commandée pour identifier les priorités stratégiques de la haute direction de l’enseignement supérieur et pour identifier ce que les bibliothèques de recherche peuvent faire pour les faire progresser. Merci aux 63 président(e)s d’université, provosts, scientifiques…
« L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche (ARL)/Groupe de travail mixte sur les services de données de recherche de l’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) a publié son rapport final (disponible en anglais seulement). Le groupe de travail formé en 2020 a un double objectif :
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« The fifth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week took place February 26–March 2, 2018, growing to 153 participating organizations—as well as numerous individuals—celebrating the important and flexible doctrines of fair use and fair dealing worldwide. This year’s event was organized by the Association of Research…
