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NYPL Represents Libraries at House Judiciary Subcommittee Copyright Hearing
On June 2, 2014, Greg Cram of the New York Public Library testified on the importance of the first sale doctrine to libraries at "First Sale Under Title 17," a...
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LCA Additional Comments to the Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry Concerning Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
On May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted additional comments to the US Copyright Office in response to issues raised during the March 2014 public meeting regarding orphan...
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ALA and LCA Announce Robert Oakley Scholarship Winner
On May 13, 2014, the American Library Association and the Library Copyright Association (LCA) awarded the Robert Oakley Scholarship winner. Press Release (PDF)
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SHared Access Research Ecosystem EDUCAUSE Review Article
“SHared Access Research Ecosystem” article by Tyler Walters, dean of university libraries at Virginia Tech and co-chair of the SHARE Steering Group, and Judy Ruttenberg, program director at ARL, published...
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SHARE Notification Service Architectural Overview
The SHARE notification service will gather information about research release events through both a direct push protocol and a harvest strategy. The service will then notify consumers of these events...
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LCA Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Defendant—Appellees in Garcia v. Google
In April 2014, the Association of Research Libraries signed on to the Garcia v. Google amicus brief. In the brief, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urges a federal appeals court...
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James G. Neal’s Supplemental Testimony for the Apr. 2, 2014 House Copyright Hearing
James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian for Columbia University in the City of New York, testified at the April 2, 2014 Hearing on Preservation and...
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LCA Submits Comments to the Copyright Office on the Study of Making Available Right
On April 4, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office for the study on the right of making available. In the comments, LCA explains...
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Letter to Congress in Opposition of Bulk Collection
On April 1, 2014, the Association of Research Libraries joined over 40 other organizations in signing a letter on bulk collection to Congress. The letter states that any legislation should...
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LCA Announces James G. Neal’s Fair Use Testimony at House Copyright Hearing
On April 2, 2014, James G. Neal of Columbia University served as the voice of libraries to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the...