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ARL and CARL Form Joint Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Advocacy and Public Policy Committee and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Policy Committee today announce the launch of a joint ARL/CARL Task...
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Association of Research Libraries Urges End to Litigation against Internet Archive
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) urges an end to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive filed early this month by four major publishers in the United States District Court...
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IARLA Statement on Access to Digital Content for Education and Research during the Period of COVID-19 Response
The International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA), representing the research libraries of Australia, Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is today amplifying the calls that our...
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Digitization in an Emergency: Fair Use/Fair Dealing and How Libraries Are Adapting to the Pandemic
Like every other major institution operating during the coronavirus pandemic, research libraries are confronting sudden and radical shifts in their daily realities. Foremost among these challenges is the near-total loss...
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ARL Urges Publishers to Maximize Access to Digital Content during COVID-19 Pandemic
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joins global library associations in urging publishers to maximize access to digital content during the emergency conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an...
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Libraries Are Leading Advocates Shaping and Influencing Greater Access to Information during COVID-19 Crisis
As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...
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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2020 Highlights Equitable Access, Decentralized Creativity
The seventh annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week was celebrated February 24–28, 2020, by 78 participating organizations as well as numerous individuals worldwide. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) organized the...
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ARL Celebrates Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2020
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week highlights the legal and policy decisions now pending that will shape the future of digital creativity. From the Google v. Oracle case before the US Supreme...
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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2020 to Be Celebrated February 24–28
Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2020—an annual international celebration of these important copyright doctrines—will take place Monday–Friday, February 24–28. You can participate on a single day during the...
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White Paper Examines Providing Access to Texts in Context of Civil Rights and Copyrights
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Virginia (UVA) Library are pleased to release a white paper, The Law and Accessible Texts: Reconciling Civil Rights and Copyrights,...