From the Association for Research Libraries

• E-Science Talking Points for ARL Deans and Directors – ARL and CNI hosted a forum on Re-inventing Science Librarianship which offered a rich exploration of emerging trends in e-science and new paradigms of library support. Rick Brewer, Jan Carver and I were able to attend. As background for the Forum and as a resource for the ARL membership, the ARL E-Science Working Group released this document which offers a mix of definitions, key concepts, exemplary projects, and further reading. http://www.arl.org/rtl/escience/eresource.shtml
• ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007-08 – the survey analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 123 ARL member libraries during 2007-08. Data are reported for 9,983 professional staff in the 113 university ARL libraries and for 3,797 professional staff in the 10 non-university ARL libraries. In the Salary Survey, data for university library staff are usually reported in three distinct groups: general library systems, health sciences libraries, and law libraries. http://www.arl.org/stats/annualsurveys/salary/arl-annual-salary-survey-2007-08.shtml
• Planning a Learning Space in a Research Library: Pre-Programming Tool Kit – This tool kit enables library staff--without reliance on outside experts--to conduct pre-programming assessment and customize their learning spaces to fit their local circumstances. The kit includes an overview of the planning process for building a learning commons as well as easy-to-use, one- to two-page guides to implementing a dozen different pre-programming assessment techniques. The techniques have been tested in several libraries and consistently produce excellent data for developing informed building programs. http://www.arl.org/rtl/space/
• Author Rights under NIH Public Access Policy – Author rights affected by the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy are featured in the latest issue of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Bimonthly Report, no. 259. http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br259.shtml
• Records Management: SPEC Kit 305 – explores the state of records management in ARL member institutions. Records management is the field of management responsible for efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use, and disposition of the records of a business or organization. The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec305web.pdf. A print copy is in the collection.