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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
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Testimony to Senate on National Endowment of Humanities 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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E- Science and Data Support Services
This study was sponsored by the ARL E-Science Working Group to build an understanding of how libraries can contribute to e-science activities in their institution and identify organizations and institutions...
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Year Two of the “Great Recession”: Surviving the Present by Building the Future
This is a longer version of the April 2010 ARL Membership Meeting budget presentation by Charles B. Lowry. year-two-great-recession-report.pdf
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The Google Books Settlement: Second Round Comments
Late last year, Google, the Author's Guild, the American Association of Publishers, and the individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Google's massive book digitization program negotiated several revisions to their...
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Summary of Antitrust Lawsuit: SkyRiver & Innovative Interfaces v. OCLC
On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions joined with Innovative Interfaces to file suit in San Francisco federal court against OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) alleging numerous anticompetitive business...
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Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century Interim Summary
In June 2009, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) retained Ithaka S+R to propose a comprehensive framework for the Federal Depository...
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Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) retained Ithaka S+R to propose a comprehensive framework for the Federal Depository Library Program ("FDLP"...