What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong
Fair Use Supports Accessibility, but You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It
ARL Celebrates Black History Month 2026
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ARL Libraries Love Data Week
During Love Data Week, the international celebration of data focuses on building and engaging community around good data practice. ARL member libraries are enthusiastic supporters of Love Data Week—see below for...
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Elizabeth Cowell on Finding Work-Life Balance and Lowering Barriers to Information Access
Elizabeth Cowell retired from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz at the end of 2025 after 18 years at the institution. ARL caught up with Elizabeth about all that...
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How Congress Can Improve Accessibility and Digital Access
For EFF Copyright Week 2026: Device and Digital Ownership Every three years since 2003, disability rights advocates and library associations have petitioned the US Copyright Office for permission to access...
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Lisa O’Hara: Librarianship Is All About the People
Before retiring from the University of Manitoba at the end of 2025, Lisa O’Hara chatted with ARL about her career and research librarianship—see the interview below. Sam: Would you like...
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Repertoires: How Researchers Struggle to Stay in Sync
The last few working days of a very long year are an apt moment to reflect on how we experience time within the research enterprise. A recent book by science...
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Revisiting the Library Copyright Alliance Statement on AI and Copyright
Have you heard of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)? We are the voice of the library community on copyright policy. Our founding members—the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the...
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Impacting Digital Scholarship: Flexible Web-Hosting Service Through CreateFSU
CreateFSU, the FSU-branded instance of Reclaim Hosting’s web-hosting service, was launched by Florida State University (FSU) Libraries in 2021 to provide faculty, staff, and students with a platform to showcase...
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Native American Heritage Month 2025
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the culture and history of Native American communities and individuals. ARL member libraries observe this month with special events, exhibits,...
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Honouring Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Ceremony and Practice: A Collaborative Pathway at the University of Alberta
Over the past few years, a number of Canadian postsecondary institutions have begun initiating Indigenous data sovereignty initiatives. However, very few have moved beyond the development of a webpage that...
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Building Trust Through Collective Action: Key Takeaways from ARL’s Fall 2025 Meeting
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened in National Harbor, Maryland, earlier this month. Attended by the member representatives of ARL’s 125 member libraries, 65+ participants in ARL’s Leadership and...
