2014

• Letter to FCC in Protecting an Open Internet

  A May 13, 2014 ex parte to the Federal Communications Commission concerning preserving a protecting the open Internet in support of education, research, and innovation. letter-ALA-ARL-EDU-to-FCC-final-12may2014.pdf

• Report of the Association of Research Libraries Strategic Thinking and Design Initiative

  Report documenting the Strategic Thinking and Design work in which ARL engaged from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2014 to reimagine the future of the research library...

• SPEC Kit 345: Shared Print Programs (December 2014)

  This SPEC Kit explores the extent of ARL member libraries’ participation in concerted efforts among groups of libraries to collaboratively collect or retain print collections and provide access to them....

• SPEC Kit 344: Talent Management (November 2014)

  This SPEC Kit explores whether ARL member libraries are using talent management strategies in the recruitment, retention, and development of a workforce needed to support the transformation of academic and...

• Administering LibQUAL+ in the UK webcast

  In this webcast, Selena Killick, Library Quality Officer at Cranfield University Libraries, shares the best practices she has developed over a dozen years of administering LibQUAL+ surveys and serving as...

• LCA Submits Statement to House Judiciary Committee for Hearing on Copyright, Education, and Visually Impaired People

  On November 18, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the House Judicary Committee for Hearing on Copyright, Education, and Visually Impaired People discussing the exceptions to...

• Summary of SHARE Community Meeting, Fall 2014

  Summary of the SHARE Community Meeting that convened October 13–14, 2014, in Crystal City, Virginia. More than 60 SHARE working group members, Notification Service prototype participants, technical partners, and other...

• Reply Comments in Opposition to E-Reader Manufacturers’ Petition for Waiver

  On November 5, 2014, ARL and ALA filed reply comments in opposition to the coalition of e-reader manufacturers' petition for waiver of sections 716 and 717 of the Communicatinos Act...

• Issue Brief: Fair Use Decision Making Post-Georgia State

  On October 17, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit released its opinion in the Georgia State University (GSU) electronic course reserves (e-reserves) case, Cambridge v. Patton. The...

• Fall Forum 2014: Wrap-Up

  Concluding remarks by Brian E. C. Schottlaender on October 9, 2014, at the ARL Fall Forum, “Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph,” in Washington, DC. ff14-schottlaender-wrap-up.pdf

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