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Issue Brief: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
On October 16, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court's fair use decision in Author's Guild v. Google, also known as the...
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SPEC Kit 348: Rapid Fabrication/Makerspace Services (September 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores current ARL member library engagement with 3-D printing, rapid fabrication and digitization technologies, and makerspaces. This study covers the types of services libraries offer, the location...
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at Boston College to Be Offered July 27–31
Register now for the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at Boston College, July 27–31. You do not need to...
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Membership Meeting 2014 (Fall): The New Digital Landscape of Government Information: Implications for Research Libraries
Presented at the 165th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2014, in Washington, DC by Charley Barth. mm14fall_barth_DataMgt.pdf
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ARL-SAA Digital Archives Specialist Courses at US National Archives: Early-Bird Deadline Approaching
Register by Friday, October 10, to receive the early-bird discount on the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) courses being offered by ARL and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) at the...
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SPEC Kit 341: Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach (August 2014)
This SPEC Kit investigates what methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections, and to continue to sustain, grow, capture return on...
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Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, Published by ARL
ARL has released Digital Collections Assessment and Outreach, SPEC Kit 341, which investigates what methods ARL member libraries use to maintain the relevancy of their locally curated digital library collections,...
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Orphan Works and Mass Digitization Roundtables: Myths and Realities of Copyright and Fair Use
On March 10–11, 2014, the US Copyright Office convened roundtables on orphan works and mass digitization. Several participants attacked fair use and libraries, misstated the purpose of the copyright system...
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Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Ithaka S+R/ARL Web Seminar Video and Q&A Online
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part....
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Strategies to Sustain Digitized Special Collections: Key Lessons from Ithaka S+R/ARL Report “Searching for Sustainability”
Museums and libraries are taking advantage of advances in technology to move their rare and unique collections online. What most institutions learn quickly is that digitization is the easy part....