Announcements from the Association for Research Libraries

E-News for ARL Directors February 27, 2008 – http://www.arl.org/news/enews/index.shtml

NISO Issues Best Practices for Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU) – codifies best practices for the sale of e-resources without licenses and is freely available from http://www.niso.org/committees/seru/.

The Library's Evolving Role in Graduate Education – Over 100 librarians, administrators, faculty, and others concerned about graduate education participated in the October 2007 forum "Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement." Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the event promoted engagement in conceptualizing the library's evolving role in graduate education, and it encouraged academic libraries to consider new ways of partnering with the broader graduate-studies community. To extend the reach of this important discussion, ARL has published a report on the forum by Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI Communications Coordinator. http://e2ma.net/go/890256666/775375/27874275/goto:http:/www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/forum07proceedings.shtml

Sound Directions: Best Practices for Audio Preservation – published by Indiana University and Harvard University. http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/sounddirections/