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SPEC Kit 278: Library Patron Privacy (November 2003)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 278 is available full view through HathiTrust. View document here »
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Library Community Opposes Bill to Restrict Access to Data [press release]
Speaking on behalf of five of the nation's leading library organization—the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and...
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Scholarly Communication and Epistemic Cultures
Keynote Address, delivered at "Scholarly Tribes and Tribulations: How Tradition and Technology Are Driving Disciplinary Change," Washington, DC, October 17, 2003 scholarly-tribes-cronin-17oct03.pdf
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ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Depository Libraries in the FDLP Initial Analysis – 10/08/2003
Preliminary notes about the ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Depository Libraries in the FDLP. 2003fdlp-surveyanalysis.pdf
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SPEC Kit 277: Library Public Access Workstation Authentication (October 2003)n
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 277 is available full view through HathiTrust. View document here »
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Letter to Sam Brownback re: Consumers, Schools and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act of 2003 (Sept. 24, 2003)
Library association letter endorsing the "Consumers, Schools and Libraries Digital Rights Management Awareness Act of 2003," S. 1621. drm-awareness-act-2003-endorse.pdf
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Information Access Alliance Will Continue to Push for Revised Analysis of Cinven and Candover Purchase of BertelsmannSpringer
The Information Access Alliance (IAA), a group of seven library organizations, will continue to push for revised analysis of publisher mergers despite the recent announcement that the Department of Justice...
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Letter to F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and W.J. Tauzin re: Database and Collections of Information Misappropriations Act (Sept. 9, 2003)
Letter from the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, concerning the database protection legislation discussion draft "Database...
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Letter to Kamil Idris re: World Intellectual Property Organization (Sept. 4, 2003)
Letter from library associations expressing dismay at press reports that the World Intellectual Property Organization may not take up an important recent proposal to hold a conference on open and...
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Letter to James Sensenbrenner and W.J. “Billy” Tauzin re: discussion draft database protection bill (Sept. 4, 2003)
Comments from library associations on draft of "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act." lt-sensen-tauzin-database-04sept03.pdf