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In the Matter of Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Persons with Other Disabilities
Comments from ALA, ACRL, and ARL address the need for improved and expanded access to copyrighted works for the blind and persons with other disabilities. noi-comments-print-disabilities-28apr09.pdf
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Letter to Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Committee on Appropriations re: Government Printing Office (GPO) appropriations request (Apr. 1, 2008)
Library association letter in support of the FY 2009 appropriations request for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). gpo-approps-ltr-01apr08.pdf
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Letter to Adrienne C. Thomas re: Response to Request for Information: Development of Alternative Models for Presidential Libraries (Apr. 17, 2009)
Letter from cultural heritage organizations in response to the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) request for input (RFI) into the development of alternative models for Presidential libraries. nara-rfi-preslibraries-final.pdf
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Proceedings of the 2008 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment
Steve Hiller et al., eds. 2009 | ISBN 1-59407-814-9 | EAN 9781594078149 | 552 pages $150, plus shipping and handling (print or CD-ROM) This second Library Assessment Conference—following the successful...
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White Paper: Strategic Directions for the Federal Depository Library Program
White paper concerning the future of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). ARL argues that the FDLP strategic planning process should lead to a flexible, sustainable, reconfigured program that reflects...
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Research Library Issues, no. 263 (Apr. 2009)
RLI issue 263 includes the following articles: Diversity in Research Universities An Overview of ARL Diversity Programs Digital Scholarly Communication: A Snapshot of Current Trends Strategies for Supporting New Genres of...
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Letter to Eric H. Holder Jr., Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Janet Napolitano re: Practice of “ideological exclusion” (Mar. 18, 2009)
Letter from interested organizations concerning the the practice of "ideological exclusion," refusing visas to foreign scholars, writers, artists, and activists not on the basis of their actions but on the...
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Special Collections in ARL Libraries: A Discussion Report from the ARL Working Group on Special Collections
In this report the Working Group identifies key issues in the management and exposure of special collections material in the 21st century. scwg-report-mar09.pdf
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Ad Hoc Task Force to Review the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records: Final Report to the ARL Board
The release of a new "OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records" initiated an outpouring of concern in the research library community. ARL directors asked that ARL investigate...
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ARL Statement to Scholarly Publishers on the Global Economic Crisis
global-economic-crisis.pdf