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SPEC Kit 321: Services for Users with Disabilities (December 2010)
SPEC Kit 321 explores what services are being provided and how users are made aware of them; what assistive technologies are being offered today and who maintains them; which library...
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ARL E-Book Requirements
This is "Appendix C: Detailed Evaluation Requirements and Desirables" of the 2012 ARL e-book licensing agent RFP, more commonly known as the "ARL E-Book Requirements." arl-e-book-requirements-2012.pdf
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Partnering to Publish 2010: Building a Scholarly Publishing Infrastructure at the University of Michigan: Challenges, Opportunities and First Moves
This presentation reports on the University of Michigan's early experiences with formally creating a Publishing Division and illustrates them with discussion of projects that implement new approaches to management and...
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Letter to Tracey L. Armstrong re: Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) underwriting litigation (Nov. 11, 2010)
Letter expressing ARL's disappointment with the decision by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to underwrite 50% of the plaintiffs' costs in the litigation by three publishers against Georgia State University....
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SPEC Kit 320: Core Benefits (November 2010)
SPEC Kit 320 explores the core employment benefits of retirement, and life, health, and other insurance —benefits that are typically decided by the parent institution and often have significant governmental...
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Partnering to Publish 2010: Enhancing Discovery and Impact
This presentation describes ISO's new service model, focusing on the methods being used to increase the visibility and impact of the Journal of Research of NIST and other agency publications....
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Partnering to Publish 2010: Coaching Authors to Publish Better Papers in Better Journals
The Center for Science Communication at Vanderbilt University helps authors "publish well" by teaching them to write clearly and strategically, so that editors and reviewers can appreciate the importance of...
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LCA Members Join Other Non-Profits in Vernor v. Autodesk Amicus Brief
On October 12, 2010, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and...
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Research Library Issues, no. 272 (Oct. 2010): 21st-Century Research Library Workforce
RLI issue 272 includes: Developing a Vital Research Library Workforce Transforming Roles for Academic Librarians: Leading and Participating in New Partnerships Restructuring at UCLA Library Understanding the Organizational Value of Post–Master’s...
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SPEC Kit 319: Diversity Plans and Programs (October 2010)
SPEC Kit 319 explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally...