« This SPEC Kit gathers information on the breadth of practice taking place at the intersection of research libraries, presses, and publishing, and on the blurring of boundaries as libraries engage in publishing and press activities in new ways. It explores which activities are associated with library publishing, the level of…
« The Proceedings of the 2016 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment (PDF) are now available on the conference website. (…) »
« Many myths persist about fair use, an essential right that allows the use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder under certain circumstances. We debunk some of the most common fair use myths here. (…) »
« This SPEC Kit explores the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address article processing charges (APCs)—including how the funds are established and how they are handled (e.g., policies, applications, budgets, administration, outreach activities, etc.), sources of funding, and whether and under what circumstances libraries are partnering…
« (…) The summit pushed beyond the current relationship between libraries and Wikipedia and its incremental approach to explore how we might collaborate at scale. How might the deep expertise and critical mass of ARL libraries be brought to bear on the Wikipedia project? Where do research libraries and…
« The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) met in Vancouver from 24 to 28 April 2016.
The two North American associations have a joint meeting every five years, so the meeting this year with almost…
« … Because Elsevier has not changed the new policy nor indicated an interest in doing so, ARL president Deborah Jakubs sent a letter to Elsevier chairman Youngsuk Chi late last week on behalf of the ARL Board and ARL member libraries, which represent the interests of more than…
« … Today in Science Magazine, the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee has published the TOP Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they publish. These guidelines represent a concrete and actionable strategy toward…
« The following new six page issue brief linked here and embedded below is published by the Association for Research Libraries (ARL) and written by Krista Cox, director of public policy initiatives at ARL (…)
No researcher can read all relevant research articles that are…
« ARL’s Accessibility and Universal Design Working Group is pleased to announce a new blog devoted to facilitating Web Accessibility in Research Libraries. The blog is an enhancement of ARL’s Web Accessibility Toolkit, which aims to:
– Promote the principles of accessibility, universal design,…
