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MINES for Libraries Final Report
This final report of a ground-breaking study summarizes findings on 34,000 randomly captured uses of electronic resources over a 12-month period from the 21 members of the Ontario Council of...
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GSU Fair Use Order
This is a copyright infringement case brought against various officials of the University System of Georgia, including officials of Georgia State University. Plaintiffs are three publishing houses who claim that...
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LCA Outlines Concerns with the Leaked Internet Chapter of ACTA
Analysis of the U.S. proposal for an Internet chapter in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was leaked to the press and widely disseminated on the Internet. acta-leak-24mar10.pdf
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Library Association Response to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s Request for Comments on the Joint Strategic Plan
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) respond to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator's (IPEC) request for...
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ARL Statement of Principles on the Federal Depository Library Program
Statement from ARL directors managing both regional and selective Federal Depository Libraries affirming certain principles of the FDLP program. fdlpprinciples14oct10.pdf
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LCA Files Amicus Brief in Costco v. Omega
Brief Amici Curiae of the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries in Support of Petitioner. amicus-lca-costco08jul10.pdf
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Comments of the Association of Research Libraries Concerning “Public Access Policies for Science and Technology Funding Agencies across the Federal Government”
ARL supports enhanced access to federally funded research resources because such policies are integrally tied to and support the mission of higher education and scholarship. ARL believes that extending public...
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Letter to Chairman Moran and Ranking Member Simpson Regarding NEH Funding for FY2010
On behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA), we write to express strong support for funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices
Comments of the Association of Research Libraries, EDUCAUSE, Internet2, NYSERNet, and ACUTA in support of rulemaking to preserve the openness of the Internet. comments-open-internet-broadband14jan10.pdf