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The Google Books Settlement: Who Is Filing And What Are They Saying?
The Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have prepared this document to summarize in a few pages of charts some...
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Library Associations Urge Congress to Increase Oversight and Enhance Civil Liberties Protections In Reauthorizing Provisions of the USA PATRIOT
The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) support including enhanced civil liberties and due process safeguards in the reauthorization of selected provisions of the USA...
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Letter to Joseph I. Lieberman and Susan M. Collins re: In support of the nomination of David Ferriero as Archivist of the United States (Sept. 23, 2009)
Letter from ARL supporting the nomination of David Ferriero. ltferrieronara-23sept09.pdf
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Letter to Senators re: Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act (Sept. 23, 2009)
Letter to US Senators supporting amendments to S.1686, the Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act. coaltion-ltr-justice-act-23sept09.pdf
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Letter to Richard J. Durbin and Russell D. Feingold re: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) (Sept. 14, 2009)
Letter from Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General and enclosed letter from Patrick J. Leahy regarding FISA. durbin-feingold-091409.pdf
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Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom
This piece was written in hopes of clarifying one aspect of the confusion on digital delivery of content to the "physical" classroom. films-in-classroom10sep09.pdf
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Letter to Rob Kasunic re: August 21 Supplemental Questions to DVD-Related Hearing Panelists (Sept. 8, 2009)
Letter to Rob Kasunic, principal legal advisor, US Copyright Office, in response to questions about proposed DVD-related exemptions to Section 1201. lt-kasunic-dvdpanel-08sep09.pdf
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Letter to Lamar Smith and John Conyers re: Hearing on Competition and Commerce in Digital Books (Sept. 4, 2009)
ALA, ARL, and ACRL express views on the market for digital books, in particular the proposed settlement of the litigation concerning the Google Book Search service. competition-digi-books-letter-2009.pdf
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Supplemental Library Association Comments on the Proposed Google Books Settlement
The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries (the Library Associations) submit these comments to address developments relating to the proposed...
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