The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that September 20, is the last day to register for the ARL Fall Forum 2013, 'Mobilizing the Research Enterprise,' to be held in Arlington, Virginia, October 10–11. The program will explore the opportunities and collaborations in responding to the White House memorandum on 'Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research.'
The forum will open with a keynote address by Richard McCarty, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, Vanderbilt University. Sessions at this year's Fall Forum will cover a range of topics including infrastructure, discovery, policy issues, and data management/data sharing.
Other speakers will include: Joyce Backus, Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine; James Hilton, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, University of Michigan; Bradley C. Wheeler, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Indiana University; Laine Farley, Executive Director, California Digital Library; Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR); Karla Strieb, Associate Director for Collections, Technical Services and Scholarly Communications, Ohio State University; Steven Lerman, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, George Washington University; Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, OCLC Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC; and Larry Lannom, Director of Information Services and Vice President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), among others.
