Marrakesh Treaty, ARL directors in Chronicle, grant & other opportunities.
Marrakesh Treaty, ARL directors in Chronicle, grant & other opportunities.
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ARL E-News (July 5, 2016)

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ARL Celebrates 20th Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to Improve Access to Publications for Print-Disabled Users

On June 30, Canada acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, becoming the 20th country to ratify or accede to the treaty and thereby putting the treaty into force three months from now, on September 30...

From the Field

New ARL Library Directors Interviewed in Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published brief profiles of three new directors of ARL member libraries: Valerie Hotchkiss, university librarian at Vanderbilt University effective August 1, 2016; Anne Jarvis, university librarian at Princeton University effective October 1, 2016; and John M. Unsworth, university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Virginia effective June 25, 2016...

Opportunities

ARL Libraries Invited to Apply for Humanities Open Book Grants—Deadline September 13

Last year, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation partnered to create Humanities Open Book, a grant program that offers awards up to $100,000 to support digitization, rights clearance, and public dissemination of primarily backlist or out-of-print, in-copyright, humanities scholarship...

Learn about Changes to IPEDS Survey Definitions for 2016–2017 in July 28 Webinar

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) has adopted revised definitions for the FY 2016–2017 Academic Libraries Component as as result of public review comments and recommendations made by a joint Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of College & Research Libraries, American Library Association (ACRL, ALA) task force in 2016. The task force is offering a free webinar to discuss these changes on Thursday, July 28, 1:00–2:30 p.m. eastern daylight time...

LibQUAL+ 2017 Registration Now Open: Join the Global Assessment Community

ARL invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+® by registering for the 2017 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a tool that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. The protocol is a rigorously tested web survey that helps libraries assess and improve library services, change organizational culture, and market the library...

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