ACRL Podcast: Passionate Policy Wonks Needed
Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries? Are you connected in your campus community? Are you willing to work with your members of Congress for change? ACRL needs you!...
View ArticleACRL Podcast: Developing Informed and Engaged Citizens – The Imperative for...
Couldn’t make it to National Library Legislative Day in Washington, DC, May 1-2, 2007? View the PowerPoint presentation and listen, below, to an interview with the speaker at ACRL’s luncheon during the...
View ArticleACRL Podcast: Become an ACRL Legislative Advocate
We’re looking to expand our group of ACRL Legislative Advocates and invite you to join. Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries, connected in your campus community, and...
View ArticleIntern Needed to Update ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit
Are you a library school student and self starter who can work autonomously? We’re looking for someone with experience working in Drupal and familiarity with the changing system of scholarly...
View ArticleJoin us for National Library Legislative Day
Be one of the hundreds of library supporters from all across the country visiting Members of Congress to share stories about libraries in your communities and to talk about the needs and...
View ArticleChat on Copyright Act Section 108
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 (11 a.m. Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern) to discuss the recently released Section 108 Study Group Report, an independent...
View ArticleLibraries and Civic Engagement
Members of ALA’s Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group (MIG) need your help identifying civic engagement activities at your library. They want to showcase your activities at various conferences...
View ArticleACRL OnPoint Chat: The New Congress, Library Issues, and You
The next installment in the free ACRL OnPoint chat series – The New Congress, Library Issues, and You – will be held at 12 p.m. Central on Friday, February 13, 2009. The 111th Congress began work on...
View ArticleNational Library Legislative Day Travel Grants
Are you interested in federal legislation and policy affecting libraries, connected in your campus community, and willing to work with your members of Congress for change? ACRL needs you! We recognize...
View ArticleALA Washington Office issues guide to stimulus funding for academic librarians
Although many of the details about the funding programs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) have not yet been defined, there will be many opportunities for academic libraries...
View ArticleHeaded to DC for National Library Legislative Day? Have lunch on ACRL!
Be one of the hundreds of library supporters from all across the country visiting Members of Congress to share stories about libraries in your communities and to talk about the needs and...
View ArticleACRL sets 2009 Legislative Agenda
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 the ACRL Scholarly...
View ArticleNational Library Legislative Day Travel Grant Winners
ACRL is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) travel grants. In light of ACRL President Erika Linke’s focus on legislative advocacy, the association...
View ArticleALA, ACRL, ARL File Comments to Copyright Office in Support of Access for...
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association for Research Libraries (ARL) jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright...
View ArticleALA, ACRL and ARL ask judge to assert vigorous oversight of proposed Google...
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) today filed comments with the U.S. District Court for...
View ArticleSupport the Federal Research Public Access Act
In late June, Senators Lieberman and Cornyn reintroduced S. 1373 the Federal Research Public Access Act. This much-anticipated bill (which was previously introduced in 2006) would ensure free, timely,...
View ArticleValue of Academic Libraries Research Proposals
ACRL is seeking proposals from experienced researchers for the development and delivery of a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative literature, methodologies and best practices...
View ArticleRep. Grijalva secures amendment to include ‘libraries’ in student aid bill
Contact: Jenni Terry For Immediate Release September 17, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association applauds Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7) for championing an amendment to include “community...
View ArticleJoin in Library Advocacy Day, June 2010
For one year only, Library Advocacy Day will replace National Library Legislative Day. On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference, library advocates from all 50 states and...
View ArticleYour comments needed on principles for traditional cultural expression
ALA is working to establish a set of principles addressing the management and protection of traditional cultural expressions and is seeking broad input on the document Librarianship and Traditional...
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