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LibValue: Success in Teaching and Research webcast
This webcast, recorded June 13, 2013, describes research examining faculty members' views on the value of scholarly collections in academic libraries. The presenters are Carol Tenopir, professor in the School...
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Letter Asking Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to Urge Disclosure re NSA Surveillance (June 18, 2013)
On June 18, 2013, ARL joined with 33 other organizations in a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking them to urge President Obama to order the...
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LCA Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind
On June 16, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) hailed the World Intellectual Property Organization for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind. Press Release (PDF)
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Library Associations Letter Supporting Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks as US Public Printer (June 11, 2013)
On June 11, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the US Senate Committee...
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SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposal
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and ARL have drafted a proposal in response to the OSTP memo: The SHared Access Research...
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Library Associations Letter re NAPA Proposal to Charge End-User Fees for FDsys (May 30, 2013)
On May 30, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the Committee on House...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Unlocking Consumer Choice Wireless Competition Act
On June 6, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on the Unlocking Consumer Choice and...
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ARL Preservation Statistics 2007–2008
preservation-statistics-2007-08.pdf
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Research Library Issues, no. 282 (2013)
Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282 includes: ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011–13Charles B. Lowry The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012Karla L. Strieb and Julia C. Blixrud...
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Research Library Issues, no. 281 (Dec. 2012): Special Issue on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities
The ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities released this report to bring much-needed attention to the challenges of print-disabled individuals who are seeking access to...