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Libraries Applaud Dismissal of Google Book Search Case
On November 14, 2013, after eight years of litigation, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld the fair use doctrine when the court dismissed Authors...
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Library Copyright Alliance Comments on Commerce Department Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy
On November 13, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), of which ARL is a member, provided these comments on a number of issues raised in the recent US Department of...
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Higher Education Organizations Letter to US Congressional Budget Committee (Nov. 1, 2013)
On November 1, 2013, ARL joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than 30 other organizations in a letter to the chairs of the US congressional committee deliberating...
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Coalition Letter to US Senate Commerce Committee on COMPETES Act (Oct. 9, 2013)
On October 9, 2013, ARL joined more than 300 universities and businesses; higher education associations; and nonprofit, industry, and research organizations in a letter to US Senate Commerce Committee leadership supporting...
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Fisher v. University of Texas Amicus Brief (Oct. 2013)
On October 31, 2013, ARL joined more than 40 associations in signing this amicus brief in support of the University of Texas in its appeal of the ruling in Fisher...
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SHARE Tenets and Overview
SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Tenets and Overview share-tenets-and-overview.pdf
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Research Library Issues, no. 283 (2013): Special Issue on Mainstreaming Special Collections
Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 283 is a special issue on aligning, integrating, and mainstreaming special collections into broader library operations, guest edited by ARL visiting program officer Lisa Carter...
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Q&A Supplement to Webcast
There was not enough time on the webcast to answer all the questions. In the Q&A Supplement, the webcast's speakers and reactors have taken the chance to answer the remaining...
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SPEC Kit 337: Print Retention Decision Making (October 2013)
This SPEC Kit examines research libraries’ print retention decision making strategies related to storage of materials in three different types of facilities or circumstances: on-site, staff-only shelving, remote shelving, and...
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User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty by Jonathan Band
On October 10, 2013, Jonathan Band of the Library Copyright Alliance distributed "A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty." User Guide