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SPEC Kit 321: Services for Users with Disabilities (December 2010)
SPEC Kit 321 explores what services are being provided and how users are made aware of them; what assistive technologies are being offered today and who maintains them; which library...
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ARL E-Book Requirements
This is "Appendix C: Detailed Evaluation Requirements and Desirables" of the 2012 ARL e-book licensing agent RFP, more commonly known as the "ARL E-Book Requirements." arl-e-book-requirements-2012.pdf
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Letter to Tracey L. Armstrong re: Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) underwriting litigation (Nov. 11, 2010)
Letter expressing ARL's disappointment with the decision by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to underwrite 50% of the plaintiffs' costs in the litigation by three publishers against Georgia State University....
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SPEC Kit 320: Core Benefits (November 2010)
SPEC Kit 320 explores the core employment benefits of retirement, and life, health, and other insurance —benefits that are typically decided by the parent institution and often have significant governmental...
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LCA Members Join Other Non-Profits in Vernor v. Autodesk Amicus Brief
On October 12, 2010, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and...
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Research Library Issues, no. 272 (Oct. 2010): 21st-Century Research Library Workforce
RLI issue 272 includes: Developing a Vital Research Library Workforce Transforming Roles for Academic Librarians: Leading and Participating in New Partnerships Restructuring at UCLA Library Understanding the Organizational Value of Post–Master’s...
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SPEC Kit 319: Diversity Plans and Programs (October 2010)
SPEC Kit 319 explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally...
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LCA Members Join Other Non-Profits in Bouchat v. Ravens Amicus Brief
On September 17, 2010, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), joined the International Documentary Association (IDA) and...
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Spanish Translation: LCA Submits Comments to WIPO Committee on Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions
A Spanish translation of LCA's 2010 submitted comments to the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions. Comment (PDF)
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SPEC Kit 318: Impact Measures in Research Libraries (September 2010)
SPEC Kit 318 explores the tools and methods libraries use to gauge the difference they make for their user community, the topics assessment practitioners probe and the results they obtain,...