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SPEC Kit 349: Evolution of Library Liaisons (November 2015)
This SPEC Kit explores the changing role of the library liaison, the shifting goals and strategies of liaison programs at ARL member libraries, and the factors that influence these changes...
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LCA Pleased Librarian of Congress Expands Film Clip Exemption
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) welcomed the decision issued by the Librarian of Congress to broaden the exemption for the use of film clip excerpts, including extending the exemption permitting...
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Issue Brief: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
On October 16, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court's fair use decision in Author's Guild v. Google, also known as the...
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Issue Brief: Analysis of the Final Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Text on Intellectual Property: Mixed Results
On October 5, 2015, the 12 trade ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating parties (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—October 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from mid-August to October 1, 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. advocacy-and-policy-update-october2015.pdf
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ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2013–2014
ARL Academic Health Sciences Library Statistics 2013–2014 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 61 health sciences libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada.This publication is...
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ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2013–2014
ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2013–2014 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 74 law libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada.This publication is available for...
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ARL Statistics 2013–2014
This edition of the ARL Statistics describes the collections, staffing, expenditures (for both print and electronic materials), and service activities of the 125 Association of Research Libraries member libraries in...
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Research Library Issues, no. 287 (2015)
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 287, an issue in which Rikk Mulligan offers an overview of the history of scholarly communication from its beginnings in the 17th...
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US Telecom Association v. FCC Amicus Brief Supporting Net Neutrality
On September 21, 2015, ARL submitted an amicus brief with the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies in the court case...