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Controlled Digital Lending
This paper discusses ARL's position on controlled digital lending of library materials and lays out considerations that may support research libraries in crafting their use case and preparing for a...
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ARL Comments on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to submit these comments to the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, in consideration of its process to propose amendments...
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ARL Joins Fair-Use Amicus Brief in Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith
In the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined associations representing libraries,...
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US Copyright Claims Board to Begin Proceedings This Month; ARL CASE Act Toolkit Provides Guidance to Research Libraries
On Thursday, June 16, the US Copyright Claims Board (CCB) will begin accepting claims for alleged copyright infringement cases valued at $30,000 or less. ARL has released a CASE Act...
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Library Copyright Alliance Supports Mandatory Deposit Requirement as Essential to Comprehensive, Representative National Collection
The mandatory deposit requirement codified in Section 407 of the US Copyright Act is essential in supporting the Library of Congress’s efforts to build a comprehensive national collection that includes...
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Canadian and US Academic Libraries Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by Working Together to Facilitate Access for the Print Disabled
French version of release / Version française du communiqué The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled was...
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CASE Act Toolkit
About this toolkit The content of this toolkit is informed by the work of Rachael Samberg, scholarly communication officer and program director, Office of Scholarly Communication Services, University of California,...
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Justice Breyer, Copyright, and Libraries: A Paper by Jonathan Band
On the occasion of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retiring at the end of this US Supreme Court term, Jonathan Band, who represents and advises the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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Justice Breyer, Copyright, and Libraries
On the occasion of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retiring at the end of this US Supreme Court term, Jonathan Band, who represents and advises the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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Library Copyright Alliance: SMART Copyright Act Would Burden Libraries and Free Expression
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) opposes a new copyright bill that would burden libraries and limit free expression online. The Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies (SMART ) Copyright Act...