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• LCA Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind

  On June 16, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) hailed the World Intellectual Property Organization for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind. Press Release (PDF)

• Library Associations Letter Supporting Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks as US Public Printer (June 11, 2013)

  On June 11, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the US Senate Committee...

• SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposal

  The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and ARL have drafted a proposal in response to the OSTP memo: The SHared Access Research...

• Library Associations Letter re NAPA Proposal to Charge End-User Fees for FDsys (May 30, 2013)

  On May 30, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the Committee on House...

• LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Unlocking Consumer Choice Wireless Competition Act

  On June 6, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on the Unlocking Consumer Choice and...

• ARL Preservation Statistics 2007–2008

   preservation-statistics-2007-08.pdf

• Research Library Issues, no. 282 (2013)

  Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282 includes: ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13Charles B. Lowry The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012Karla L. Strieb and Julia C. Blixrud...

• LCA FIles Amicus Brief in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Appeal

  On June 3, 2013, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit Court in support of HathiTrust. Amicus Brief (PDF)

• Using ARL Salary Data to Make the Case for Higher Salaries webcast

  This webcast, held May 21, 2013, examines how to use the ARL Annual Salary Survey beyond the published data. The speakers showcase how libraries have used ARL's custom report services,...

• AAU, APLU, ARL Statement on Expanded Public Access to Data

  The Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Association of Research Libraries presented a joint statement on expanded public access to data to the...

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