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Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing
To foster a deeper understanding of an emerging research library role as publishing service provider, in late 2007 the Association of Research Libraries surveyed its membership to gather data on...
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Synergy Issue 5, February 2008
The fifth issue of Synergy describes two ARL diversity initiatives. Included in this issue are the calls for applications for the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce and the Leadership and...
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Celebrating Seventy Years of the Association of Research Libraries,1932–2002
Compiled by Lee Anne George and Julia Blixrud • 2002 • ISBN 0-918006-95-3 • 40 pp. This publication features a sweeping overview of the major issues addressed by ARL’s programs...
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The Threat Posed By Inflated Statutory Damages: Comments on the January 25, 2008 Meeting Hosted by the Copyright Office
The PRO IP Act (H.R. 4279) proposes to weaken the long established "one work" rule, which today imposes a measure of certainty on how copyright statutory damages are calculated. Under...
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Letter to Harry Reid re: S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 (Jan. 22, 2008)
Letter urging Senatory Harry Reid to support the Judiciary Committee's version of S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of 2007. fisacoalitionletterjan2008.pdf
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Agenda for Developing E-Science in Research Libraries
The ARL Steering Committees for Scholarly Communication and for Research, Teaching, and Learning jointly appointed a task force in 2006 to address the emergent domain of e-science. The Joint Task...
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Letter to Howard L. Berman and Howard Coble re: Section 104 of HR 4279 (Dec. 12, 2007)
Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance expressing concerns with Section 104 of HR 4279 and its impact on orphan works.ltr-lca-120dec7.pdf
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Educational Fair Use Today
Three recent appellate decisions concerning fair use should give educators and librarians greater confidence and guidance for asserting this important privilege. In all three decisions, the courts permitted extensive copying...
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The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What’s Ahead in the Print-to-Electronic Transition Zone
This report examines the issues associated with moves toward electronic-only publication of journals. It is based in large part on interviews with two-dozen academic librarians and journal publishers. Interviews were...
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Letter to Patrick J. Leahy re: Judiciary Committee Amendments to the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 (Dec. 4, 2007)
Letter in support of the Judiciary Committee Amendments to the FISA Amendments Act of 2007. dec07ltleahyfisa.pdf