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LCA and COSLA Comment on Nov. 23, ’12 Draft Text of Print Disabilities Treaty/Instrument
On January 28, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) along with the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies submitted comments on the draft text of an international instrument/treaty on limitations...
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First Sale Fast Facts for Libraries
On January 18, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) published a one-page FAQ for libraries on the First Sale doctrine and how it relates to the Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case....
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LCA Submits Comments to Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
On January 14, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office in response to their Notice of Inquiry regarding orphan works and mass digitization. In...
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Balanced Scorecard Webcast
This webcast from Dec. 11, 2012, provides an overview of the balanced scorecard for research libraries. The webcast covers the strategic aspects of the scorecard, the tool's development, objectives and...
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Leadership Symposium
ARL hosted its Ninth Annual Leadership Symposium for master of library and information science (MLIS) students on Saturday and Sunday, January 26 and 27, 2013, in Seattle, Washington. The Leadership...
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Position Description: Library Relations Coordinator, ARL Statistics and Assessment
library-relations-coordinator-5dec12.pdf
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Leadership Development Strategies: Experiences from the University Library at the University of Saskatchewan
Jill Mierke, Director of Human Resources, University of Saskatchewan 2012-hrsym-pres-mierke-j.pdf
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New Roles for New Times: Research Library Services for Graduate Students
The report proposes that the growing number, and heterogeneity, of graduate students and programs presents opportunities for research libraries to provide segmented services targeted for students at different stages of...
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SPEC Kit 333: Art & Artifact Management (December 2012)
SPEC Kit 333 explores the scale and scope of art and artifact materials held by ARL member libraries, which tools and techniques they currently use to manage these collections, including those...
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A Rational System for Funding Scholarly Monographs: A White Paper Prepared for the AAU-ARL Task Force on Scholarly Communication
This white paper was commissioned by the Association of American Universities (AAU) and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joint Task Force on Scholarly Communication to explore the inability of a...