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09/17/2021

News: ARL Leadership Fellows 2021–2022 | Library Impact Practice Brief on Outreach Assessment | Open Position: Associate Director, Events | Hispanic Heritage Month | ARL Member News | Research Community News

Read the ARL News (September 17):

* #Leadership Fellows 2021–2022 Selected

* ARL Publishes Library Impact Practice Brief on #LibraryOutreach Assessment

* ARL Seeks Associate Director, Events

* #HispanicHeritageMonth 2021 Celebrated by ARL Member Libraries

* ARL Member News

* Research Community News

Highlights from the Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellows 2021–2022 Selected This new cohort of 20 fellows brings together an immensely diverse and highly accomplished group of library leaders, representing the broadest range of research institutions and communities in the history o...

09/17/2021

ARL Leadership Fellows 2021–2022 Selected - Association of Research Libraries

We are pleased to announce the ARL #Leadership Fellows for 2021–2022!

This new cohort brings together an immensely diverse and highly accomplished group of #libraryleaders, representing the broadest range of research institutions and communities in the history of the Leadership Fellows program.

#libraryleadership

The ARL Leadership Fellows Program Selection Working Group and the Leadership Fellows Task Force have chosen 20 fellows for the 2021–2022 Leadership Fellows cohort. The new cohort brings together an immensely diverse and highly accomplished group of library leaders, representing the broadest range...

09/17/2021

We just published "Library Impact Practice Brief: Library Outreach Assessment" by Amanda Hornby & Emilie Vrbancic of University of Washington Libraries (UW) Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the Odegaard Library’s Undergraduate Student Success Team designed an assessment framework for outreach to undergraduates. This practice brief describes the UW team’s outreach and assessment planning processes, the qualitative and quantitative assessment methods employed, the results of their assessment program, the lessons learned, and the best practices that emerged over several years and several iterations of conducting library outreach assessment. The brief presents both long-term reflections and most recent applications between 2016–2021.

https://doi.org/10.29242/brief.uwashington2021

#libraryoutreach
#libraryassessment
#studentsuccess

We just published "Library Impact Practice Brief: Library Outreach Assessment" by Amanda Hornby & Emilie Vrbancic of University of Washington Libraries (UW) Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, the Odegaard Library’s Undergraduate Student Success Team designed an assessment framework for outreach to undergraduates. This practice brief describes the UW team’s outreach and assessment planning processes, the qualitative and quantitative assessment methods employed, the results of their assessment program, the lessons learned, and the best practices that emerged over several years and several iterations of conducting library outreach assessment. The brief presents both long-term reflections and most recent applications between 2016–2021.

https://doi.org/10.29242/brief.uwashington2021

#libraryoutreach
#libraryassessment
#studentsuccess

09/10/2021

News: Library Assessment Conference 2020 Proceedings | ARL Member News | Research Community News

Read the ARL News (September 10):

* #LibraryAssessment Conference 2020 #LAC20 Proceedings Now Online

* ARL Member News

* Research Community News

Highlights from the Association of Research Libraries Library Assessment Conference 2020 Proceedings Now Online The eighth biennial Library Assessment Conference offered sessions on Diversity, Equity, Ethics, and Privacy; Assessment Programs and Organizational Issues; Critical/Theoretical Assessment...

09/09/2021

What would an #equitable #workplace look like and how do we get there? Join us at the ARL Fall Forum on October 7 for a presentation by Alexia Hudson-Ward, associate director for research and learning at MIT Libraries, and a discussion moderated by Joe Lucia, dean of Temple University Libraries.

The theme of the virtual ARL Fall Forum is "Building Up, Reaching Out: #TalentManagement in Academic Libraries through #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and #Belonging."

Register today: bit.ly/arlforum2021

#ARLForum #DEI #ResearchLibraries

What would an #equitable #workplace look like and how do we get there? Join us at the ARL Fall Forum on October 7 for a presentation by Alexia Hudson-Ward, associate director for research and learning at MIT Libraries, and a discussion moderated by Joe Lucia, dean of Temple University Libraries.

The theme of the virtual ARL Fall Forum is "Building Up, Reaching Out: #TalentManagement in Academic Libraries through #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and #Belonging."

Register today: bit.ly/arlforum2021

#ARLForum #DEI #ResearchLibraries

09/03/2021

News: Register by Sept. 30 for ARL Fall Forum: “Building Up, Reaching Out: Talent Management in Academic Libraries through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging” | ARL Member News | Research Community News

Read the ARL News (September 3):

* #ARLForum to Explore Talent Management in #AcademicLibraries through #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and #Belonging

* ARL Member News

* Research Community News

Highlights from the Association of Research Libraries ARL Fall Forum to Explore Talent Management in Academic Libraries through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Register by September 30 for the ARL Fall Forum 2021, to be held virtually on Thursday, October 7, at noon–6:00 p.m. eastern d...

09/02/2021

ARL Fall Forum 2021 - Association of Research Libraries

Join us for the virtual ARL Fall Forum on October 7, as we focus on managing talent amid continuing budget, cultural, & technological challenges, and developing effective approaches for providing an #equitable, #inclusive, and #diverse work environment.

#ARLForum #TalentManagement #DEI

ARL Fall Forum 2021

08/31/2021

University Libraries releases 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge syllabus – UNC Chapel Hill Libraries

Libraries and library workers interested in examining racism, bias and inequity have a new tool to do so. The UNC-Chapel Hill Library has released the syllabus of its recent 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge focused on #libraries and #archives.

#antiracism #diversity #DEI

Libraries and library workers interested in examining racism, bias and inequity have a new tool to do so. The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released the syllabus of its recent 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge focused on libraries and archives.

08/31/2021

Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship Call for Applications—Deadline September 7, 2021 - Association of Research Libraries

#MLIS students and recent grads—Apply for the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship to attend the online 2021 ARL Fall Forum and receive a $1,000 award.

The successful applicant will exhibit evidence of being a creative thinker who is passionate about the topic of the 2021 #ARLForum, “Building Up, Reaching Out: Talent Management in Academic Libraries through #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and #Belonging.”

#ResearchLibraries #Scholarships

To honor the memory and extend the legacy of longtime Association of Research Libraries (ARL) staff member Julia C. Blixrud, ARL established in 2015 the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship. The scholarship supports the attendance of one master of library and information science (MLIS) student or recent gra...

08/30/2021

This is what the inside of the expanded Robarts Library at U of T will look like

Get a sneak peek inside the new Robarts Common, a five-story addition to the University of Toronto Robarts Library opening during the 2021-2022 school year.

#UTORlibs

Back to school, back to school, to prove to dad I'm not a fool. U of T students won't feel like fools later this year when they return to the class...

08/30/2021

Reflecting on 9/11: Twenty Years of Archived TV News – Special Event and Resources - Internet Archive Blogs

On September 9, the Internet Archive will host an online webinar, "Reflecting on 9/11: Twenty Years of Archived TV News.” Participants include the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and the Vanderbilt Television News Archive.

Vanderbilt University Libraries
The Library of Congress

On Thursday, September 9, the Internet Archive will host an online webinar, “Reflecting on 9/11: Twenty Years of Archived TV News” Learn from scholars, journalists, archivists, and data scientists about the importance of archived television for gaining insights into our evolving understanding of...

08/30/2021

Library of Congress and Harvard University Form Historic Collaboration on Islamic Law Collections

The Library of Congress and Harvard Law School have initiated an unprecedented, multifaceted joint collaboration to identify, select and assess the copyright status of materials focusing on national legal gazettes.

The effort, initially set for three years, will coordinate access to, knowledge-sharing, and legal analysis of Library of Congress’ collections related to Islamic law, including national legal gazettes, manuscripts and other materials.

The Library of Congress and Harvard Law School have initiated an unprecedented, multifaceted joint collaboration to identify, select and assess the copyright status of materials focusing on national legal gazettes.The effort, initially set for three years, will coordinate access to, knowledge-sharin...

08/30/2021

GLAM | Digital GLAM Spaces Conference

The University of Oregon Libraries and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art have issued a call for proposals for the Digital GLAM Spaces
Conference: Building a Community of Practice for User Experience and Accessibility, to be held virtually on November 10, 2021.

#libraries #archives #museums #galleries #accessibility #a11y #UserExperience

DigitalGLAM SpacesConference Building a Community of Practice for User Experience and Accessibility 10th ofNovember2021 online Web accessibility and user experience are important for centering those who want to learn, research, and teach with digital and digitized cultural heritage. In 2018, the Uni...

08/27/2021

"A Compass for the Libraries": How the Penn Libraries is Building Assessment into its Mission

"A Compass for the Libraries": How the Penn Libraries Is Building #Assessment into its Mission

What does it mean to be a successful academic library in 2021?

08/27/2021

UF Libraries awarded additional funding to digitize and provide access to historic newspapers » Communications » UF Libraries » University of Florida

The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program. Over the next two years, the UF project team will continue to collaborate with partners at the University of the Virgin Islands libraries to digitize an additional 100,000 pages from newspapers published between 1800 to 1963.

The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This is the fifth NDNP award the Libraries h...

08/27/2021

“Listen, my friends”: Digitizing the 1968 Richard Nixon Campaign Speeches

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, part of the US National Archives, recently digitized the 1968 Campaign Sound Recordings Collection, which includes 179 cassettes of Nixon speeches at rallies, schools, dinners, and airports, along with press conferences, television interviews, and a handful of Spiro Agnew speeches and interviews.

Today’s post was written by Allie Mackenzie Roberts. Roberts is an Audiovisual Preservation Specialist at the Richard Nixon Library. Richard Nixon successfully ran for the presidency in 1968 …

08/27/2021

The Gold Standard: Librarians and Doctors Help the International Olympic Committee Address Athletes’ Mental Health Head-On

Doctors and librarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are helping the International Olympic Committee address the mental health challenges faced by elite athletes.

UW-Madison Libraries

When one of the greatest gymnasts in the world stepped back from competition in the middle of the 2021 (née 2020) Tokyo Olympic Games, it sent shock waves around the globe. Simone Biles decided the delicate balancing act between her mental well-being and the push for gold was no longer equal. Prote...

08/27/2021

Growing Demand for Streaming Media Sparks New Initiatives at the University of Maryland Libraries - News | UMD Libraries

To meet the growing demand for streaming media in education and research, the University of Maryland Libraries have implemented a number of new initiatives to enhance their understanding about the educational need for streaming media and improve related infrastructure and services.

This year, the UMD Libraries will partner with Ithaka S+R, a non-profit research and consulting group, to explore cross-institutional evidence about streaming media licensing terms, learn about faculty members’ perspectives, and collaboratively develop negotiating and collection strategies.

McKeldin Library, University of Maryland

Growing Demand for Streaming Media Sparks New Initiatives at the University of Maryland Libraries | To meet the growing demand for streaming media in education and research, colleagues at the University of Maryland Libraries have implemented a number of new initiatives to enhance their understandin

08/27/2021

News: ARL Board Affirms Transparency as Core Operating Principle of Licensing | Anticompetitive Practices Reduce Diversity of Knowledge | Defining Social Impact | ARL Member News | Research Community News

Read the ARL News (August 27):

* ARL Board Affirms Transparency as Core Operating Principle of Licensing

* Anticompetitive Practices Reduce Diversity of Knowledge

* Defining Social Impact

* ARL Member News

* Research Community News

Highlights from the Association of Research Libraries ARL Board Affirms Transparency as Core Operating Principle of Licensing The complexity and confidentiality of contracts—obscured in nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), or asserted by publishers to be trade secrets—have dramatically favored a mon...

08/26/2021

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08/26/2021

ARL Fall Forum 2021 - Association of Research Libraries

The virtual ARL Fall Forum 2021 will focus on “Building Up, Reaching Out: Talent Management in Academic Libraries through #Diversity, #Equity, #Inclusion, and #Belonging”

Register today: bit.ly/arlforum2021

#TalentManagement #ResearchLibraries #ARLForum #DEI

ARL Fall Forum 2021

08/24/2021

Anticompetitive Practices Reduce Diversity of Knowledge - Association of Research Libraries

As Congress considers a bipartisan package of #antitrust reform bills, the renewed attention on competition in digital markets may present an opportunity to revisit the problem of anticompetitive practices in the scholarly publishing industry. Read the new blog post by ARL director of information policy Katherine Klosek on how anticompetitive practices reduce diversity of knowledge.

#ScholarlyCommunication #ARLViews

In June, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a package of antitrust reform bills targeted at curbing anticompetitive practices in online markets. The bills followed a series of House Judiciary Committee hearings on anticompetition that began in 2019. While Congress’s investigation into d...