Unprecedented digital equity funding is coming for community organizations to provide broadband/devices, build information/digital literacy skills, and support workforce development. There is unlikely to be another opportunity like this in our lifetime to further the good work libraries of all types are already doing. Join your fellow ACRL colleagues via […]
Across the United States, there are growing challenges to libraries in their efforts to educate, inform, and provide resources free from censorship. As individuals, organized groups, and local and state legislators push personal agendas and changes in laws, we see books being banned from public and school libraries, a rise […]
ACRL and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have submitted a letter to the chairs of the US National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Open Science in response to the recent Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded […]
ACRL and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are sponsoring a virtual listening session about the recent US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) policy guidance “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.” The session will be held from 2:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, November […]
Each year, the ACRL Government Relations Committee, in consultation with the ACRL Board of Directors and staff, formulates an ACRL Legislative Agenda. Drafted with input from key ACRL committees, ACRL leaders, and the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, the ACRL Legislative Agenda is prioritized and focuses on issues at the national […]
As part of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA, whose members are the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and ACRL), we continue to advocate for the interests of our community, taking the following recent actions: On January 5, 2022, LCA submitted reply comments to the Copyright Office about […]
ACRL continues to advocate for the interests of our community, joining a variety of recent actions on open access and copyright issues. On December 2, ACRL joined 13 other members of the Open Access Working Group (representing national and regional library, publishing, funding, research and advocacy organizations) in a statement […]
In recent weeks ACRL has joined other library associations in advocating for the interests of college and research libraries and librarians as follows: On October 28, 2021, ACRL joined an amicus brief by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (together with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the […]
On October 27, 2021, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), consisting of ALA, ACRL, and the Association of Research Libraries, released a statement welcoming the new exemptions and renewal of existing exemptions to the prohibition on the circumvention of technological protection measures set forth in the 17 U.S.C. 1201. LCA welcomes […]
Each year, the ACRL Government Relations Committee, in consultation with the ACRL Board of Directors and staff, formulates an ACRL Legislative Agenda. Drafted with input from key ACRL committees, ACRL leaders, and the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, the ACRL Legislative Agenda is prioritized and focuses on issues at the national […]
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