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SPEC Kit 332: Organization of Scholarly Communication Services (November 2012)
SPEC Kit 332 explores how research institutions are currently organizing staff to support scholarly communication services, and whether their organizational structures have changed since 2007, when member libraries were surveyed about...
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ARL Statistics 2010-2011
This edition of the ARL Statistics describes the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities for the 125 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in fiscal year 2010–2011. This publication is...
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Issue Brief: Massive Open Online Courses – Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries (Oct. 22, 2012)
The advent of Massive Open Online Courses raises serious legal questions that in turn pose important and fundamental policy challenges for research libraries. As universities rush to find ways to...
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LCA Comments on Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Decision
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer put forth a decision that the HathiTrust Digital Library's (HDL) use of digitized works is a fair use permitted under the Copyright Act....
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Hon. Harold Baer, Jr. Decision in Authors Guild v HathiTrust (Oct. 10, 2012)
Before the Court are two motions for judgment on the pleadings and three motions for summary judgment. hathitrust-decision10oct12.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2012 (Fall): Attendance List
Proceedings of the 161st ARL Membership Meeting, October 2012. mm12fall-attendance.pdf
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Reply Brief for Petitioner in Kirtsaeng v Wiley
The case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, a case in which the key issue is the proper scope of the "first-sale doctrine" in copyright law. In this case, the...
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SPEC Kit 331: Changing Role of Senior Administrators (October 2012)
SPEC Kit 331 focuses on the professional, administrative, and management positions that report directly to the library director (or in some ARL member libraries the position that serves as the representative...
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SPEC Kit 330: Library Contribution to Accreditation (September 2012)
SPEC Kit 330 explores the scope of accreditation standards,the data provided by research libraries to meet the requirements of accrediting bodies, and which library staff participate in preparing reports and site...
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LCA Writes to Ambassador Kirk Regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, concerning the US proposal for copyright exceptions and limitations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement ltr-to-kirk-from-lca-re-tpp-15aug2012.pdf
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