ARL Revamps Scholarly Communication Resources Web Site
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has revamped its FAIR (Freely Available Institute Resources) Web site.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has updated and reconfigured the FAIR (Freely Available Institute Resources) Web site, where faculty and alumni of the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication share outreach and program development tools with the broader community.
FAIR is a component of the Institute on Scholarly Communication, a joint program of ARL and ACRL that promotes the development of library-led outreach on scholarly communication issues. Hundreds of institute alumni form a community that provides peer support and professional sharing of information relating to campus outreach. FAIR’s reconfiguration is part of a larger reorganization and expansion of ARL’s Web pages on scholarly communication.
FAIR currently offers four resource collections:
- outreach to faculty;
- program planning and development tools;
- staff development tools; and
- a collection of position descriptions with scholarly communication components.
With FAIR’s reconfiguration, the collection of sample position descriptions has been significantly expanded with recent contributions from a range of academic institutions. Position titles range from Copyright Librarian to Digital Repository Coordinator in addition to many titles explicitly including the phrase "scholarly communication."
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