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Letter to FCC in Support of an Open Internet
On February 13, 2014, in a letter to the Chairman and the Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA),...
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SHARE Notification System Project Plan
The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification System Project Plan, released February 6, 2014, details the first in a series of activities to be undertaken by SHARE to ensure that...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Judiciary Committee for the Hearing on the Scope of Fair Use
On January 28, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on the scope of fair...
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LCA Submits Comments for House Hearing on a Making Available Right
On January 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on a "making available" right. In...
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LCA Submits Department of Commerce Green Paper Reply Comments
On January 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), of which ARL is a member, provided these additional comments on a number of issues raised in the recent US Department...
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SPEC Kit 339: Innovation and R&D (December 2013)
This SPEC Kit investigates the current state of both innovation and R&D in research library organizations. It examines what outward-facing commitments libraries have made to innovation and R&D, and what...
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SPEC Kit 338: Library Management of Disciplinary Repositories (November 2013)
This SPEC Kit examines the ways in which research libraries are involved in the administration of disciplinary repositories. It explores the disciplinary scope of the repository, collection policies, funding models,...
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Research Library Issues, no. 284 (2013)
Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 284 features an overview of the digital humanities by Don Waters of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This issue of RLI also includes an article...
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Letter Opposing Copyright Term Extension in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
ARL joined 28 other organizations and 71 individuals in a letter opposing a copyright term of life plus 70 years in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Authors of the letter,...
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Additional Reply Comments to FCC E-Reader Accessibility Waiver
In December 2013, ARL and the American Library Association (ALA) filed additional reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding a request to waive e-reader access requirements for individuals with...