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Federal Depository Library Legal Requirements
Addresses the legal obligations of designated Federal depository libraries. fdlp-legal-reqs-jun2009.pdf
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A Guide for the Perplexed Part II: The Amended Google-Michigan Agreement
On May 20, 2009, Google and the University of Michigan (Michigan) entered into an amendment that expanded the 2004 agreement that allowed Google to scan books in the Michigan library...
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Mission Statement of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition
The mission of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition is to improve the broadband capabilities of schools, libraries, and health care providers so that they can enhance the quality...
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ARL Encourages Members to Refrain from Signing Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Clauses
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors voted in support of a resolution introduced by its Scholarly Communication Steering Committee to strongly encourage ARL member libraries to refrain...
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Research Library Issues, no. 264 (June 2009)
RLI issue 264 includes the following articles: ARL Encourages Members to Refrain from Signing Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Clauses The Case for Regulating Google and the Proposed Book Rights Registry Learning...
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Innovative Spaces In ARL Libraries: Results of a 2008 Study
Description of innovative spaces at 66 libraries. innovative-spaces-2009.pdf
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Letter to Chairman Dicks and Ranking Member Simpson Regarding NEH Funding for FY2009
On behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA), we write to express strong support for funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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Letter to Charles Schumer and Robert Brady re: support for a project that will digitize our nation’s historical public domain government works (May 4, 2009)
Letter from public interest organizations expressing support for holding a public proceeding on the future of the open Internet. ltjcp-5may09.pdf
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The Authors Guild, Inc., Association of American Publishers, Inc., et al., v. Google Inc.
Library association comments on the proposed settlement. ag-v-google-comments04may09.pdf
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