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ARL Annual Report Highlights Community Resilience in 2025
2025 tested research libraries in ways both familiar and newly unsettling. Across higher education, government, and civic life, trust in institutions fell to historic lows, resources became even more constrained,...
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ARL Comments on Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise
The US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requested comments on “accelerating the American scientific enterprise.” The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to provide comments below. A...
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Fast-Tracking H.R. 6028 Can Threaten Copyright Deposit & the Public Interest
On December 11, 2025, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments on H.R. 6028, highlighting concerns about ending the Library of Congress’s supervisory authority over the US Copyright Office, removing rulemaking...
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ARL Statistics 2024 Publications Describe Resources, Services of Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2024, ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2024, and ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2024. These three publications present...
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024 Reports Data on Professional Positions in Member Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 125 ARL member libraries...
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MAP Pilot Report
The Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot project provides institutions with resources to enable them to explore the potential uses of machine-actionable data-management plans (maDMPs). The pilot was funded by the...
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Letter Opposing Pro Codes Act
On Jul 8, 2025, ARL signed on to a letter to the House Judiciary Committee opposing the Pro Codes Act, arguing that it would inappropriately grant copyright protection to standards...
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ARL Comments on the Dismissal of Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress
“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and its members are deeply disappointed in the administration’s decision to terminate Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress,” said Andrew K. Pace,...
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MAP Pilot Webinar: How to Implement Machine-Actionable DMPs at Your Institution
Noon–1:15 p.m. eastern daylight time If you want to find out more about specific integrations and how to implement maDMPs, this webinar is for you. Hear from the DMP Tool...
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MAP Pilot Webinar: Five Technological Advancements in DMPs to Benefit Your Organization
Noon–1:15 p.m. eastern daylight time If you’re interested in emerging technologies within the pilot project and the DMP Tool and how they can help your institution expedite research sharing, compliance,...
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