The Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by Ex Libris and Sage, is offering THREE (3) Attendance Grants for the IFLA Congress in Cape Town 2015 to an information professional from each of these regions: Africa Latin America Asia/Pacific region Each grant covers the registration fee of Euro 470 as well as […]

For the third year in a row, Stanford Libraries opens nominations for the Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries (SPIRL), a prize to recognize and celebrate innovation through programs, projects, and new or improved services that benefits users. The deadline for entries is January 15, 2015. Please see SPIRL for further details.

One thing ARL wanted to do this year is to talk about some “big questions” (and even the little ones). Our first topic is put forward by James G Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian Columbia University. You are now invited to have a read of the information provided by Jim and […]

Slides from our Joint Session with Serials and other Resources, and the Committee on Copyright and Legal Matters, are now available.

If you have anything to share with academic and research library colleagues from around the world, please join up and post on ARL’s Facebook page .

The slides and views from roundtable discussions are now available.  Thank you to our presenters and to everyone who contributed to the discussions.  The lively roundtable conversations is what our Hot Topics session is all about!

Academic and Research Libraries with Serials and Other Continuing Resources and Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) are holding a session at the IFLA World Congress (Lyon) on August 19, 9.30-12.45. Hope to see you there: Mining large data sets for the humanities PETER LEONARD (Yale University, New Haven, United States) Do we […]