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Personal Technology Freedom Coalition Created
Press release announcing that a broad group of organizations and companies representing diverse sectors of the U.S. economy has come together to form a new organization, the Personal Technology Freedom...
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Letter to Porter J. Goss and James Sensenbrenner re: H.R. 3179, the “AntiTerrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003” (Jun. 15, 2004)
Letter from interested organizations advising that consideration of H.R. 3179, should be postponed until Congress has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the Patriot Act authorities. lt-goss-sensenbrenner-hr3179-15jun04.pdf
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Law Serials Pricing and Mergers: A Portfolio Approach
Using data from more than 400 legal serials, Mark McCabe estimates the impact of six publisher mergers on law serial prices during the period 1990–2000. The results suggest that merger-related...
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Recognizing Digitzation as a Preservation Reformatting Method
This paper was prepared in 2004 at the request of the ARL Preservation Committee to facilitate the development and implementation of policies, standards, guidelines, and best practices in using digitization...
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Letter to Robert F. Bennett re: FY 2005 funding request for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) (Jun. 1, 2004)
Letter from library associations in support of the FY 2005 funding request of $23.3 million for the National Agricultural Library (NAL). nal-jnt-lt-01jun04.pdf
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SPEC Kit 280: Library User Surveys (June 2004)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 280 is available full view through HathiTrust. View the document here » A print copy is available for $45.00 ($35.00 ARL members) plus shipping and...
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Statement of Miriam M. Nisbet, H.R. 107, Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (May 12, 2004)
Testimony urging Congress to support the Digital Media Consumers?? Rights Act. nisbit-hr107-12may04.pdf
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Testimony of Peter Jaszi on H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act (May 12, 2004)
Testimony delivered on behalf of the Digital Future Coalition. jaszi-testimony-hr107.pdf
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Framing the Issue: Open Access
A resource guide to assist and inform discussions of open access. It highlights the key points to consider in thinking about and discussing open access, gives examples of open access...
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In the Matter of Joint Petition for Rulemaking to Resolve Various Outstanding Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
Joint statement of industry and public interest. calea-comments-issues-27apr04.pdf