For immediate release:
March 5, 2009
For more information, contact:
Kaylyn Groves
Association of Research Libraries
kaylyn@arl.org
ARL Publishes First E-Only Bimonthly Report, Research Library Issues
Washington DC--The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published its first e-only bimonthly report, Research Library Issues (RLI), which now sports a new look and title. The e-only format enables broad distribution of the articles and the introduction of new features, such as audio excerpts from speaker presentations. The focus of the publication continues to be on the major issues that affect the ability of research libraries to meet the academic and research needs of the diverse communities they serve.
The first issue of RLI, no. 262 (February 2009), features two ARL statements--on the university's role in the dissemination of research and scholarship, and on the global economic crisis--and an article by University of Washington's Elisabeth Jones on "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum." In addition, ARL's Martha Kyrillidou writes on "Redefining Serial Counts and Remaining Relevant in the 21st Century."
RLI is a continuation of the publication ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues from ARL, CNI, and SPARC. RLI continues the numbering of this serial with no. 262. Current and back issues of the publication are freely available as PDFs on the ARL Web site. The Web site is also where you may sign up for alerts of new releases of RLI and learn about submitting ideas for articles. See http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/.
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.
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