2011

• Letter Urging Representatives to Vote ‘No’ on H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) (Apr. 16, 2012)

  We the undersigned organizations urge you to vote "no" on H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA). We are gravely concerned that this bill will...

• LCA Writes Thank You Letter to Representatives Regarding SOPA Act

  On December 21, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee thanking them for their vigorous advocacy of First Amendment rights...

• Letter to Congressional Representatives re: SOPA (Dec. 21, 2011)

  Letter thanking representatives for their "advocacy of First Amendment rights and the value of an open and secure Internet during last week's markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)."...

• ARL Statistics 2009-2010

  This edition of the ARL Statistics describes the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 125 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in fiscal year 2009–2010. This publication is...

• ARL Annual Salary Survey 2010-2011

  This report analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 126 ARL member libraries during 2010–2011. Data are reported for 10,037 professional staff in the 115 university ARL...

• LCA Writes Letter in Support of OPEN Act Draft

  On December 14, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee, outlining its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)....

• Letter to Ron Wyden, Darrell Issa, and Jason Chaffetz re: Legislation on foreign infringing websites (Dec. 12, 2011)

  Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance encouraging the release of a discussion draft bill to address the problem of foreign infringing websites.  lca_letteropenact_12dec11.pdf

• Research Library Issues, no. 277 (Dec. 2011)

  RLI issue 277 includes: Rebalancing the Investment in Collections Experimenting with Strategies for Crowdsourcing Manuscript Transcription Keeping the Doors Open: Exploring 24-Hour Library Access at Washington University in St. Louis

• Letter to Patricia A. Steele re: Concerns with FDLP (Dec. 9, 2011)

  Letter from Senator Benjamin Cardin and enclosed letter from Goverment Printing Office (GPO) in response to concerns abou the Federal Depository Library Program.  fdlp_cardin_sherman_ltrs_dec11.pdf

• Proceedings of the 2010 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment

  Steve Hiller et al., eds. 2011 | ISBN 1-59407-865-1 | EAN 9781594078651 | 778 pages $200, plus shipping and handling (print or CD-ROM) The third Library Assessment Conference offered in...

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