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The Research Library’s Role in Digital Repository Services: Final Report of the ARL Digital Repository Issues Task Force
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Digital Repository Issues Task Force was charged "to evaluate trends, contextualize repository activities among ARL libraries, and recommend leadership roles and activities for ARL."...
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A Pro-Library Copyright Agenda
Statement from the The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) regarding U.S. copyright policy. lca-copyright-agenda-statement-dec08.pdf
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Future Directions for the Federal Depository Library Program
Discusses the need to identify a sustainable framework that will provide access to and preservation of government information in the years ahead. issue-brief-future-direction-fdlp-04dec08.pdf
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In the Matter of Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies Docket No. RM 2008-8
Pursuant to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) published by the Copyright Office in the Federal Register on October 6, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) and the Music Library Association...
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Research Library Virtual Resources & Instructional Initiatives: Complete 2008 ARL Survey Results
The Virtual Resources and Instructional Initiatives survey produced 230 instances of special or noteworthy projects being supported in ARL libraries. vrii-complete-survey-dec08.pdf
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SPEC Kit 309: Library Support for Study Abroad (December 2008)
SPEC Kit 309 explores how ARL member libraries are responding to the needs of faculty and student participants in various types of study abroad programs, which library services and resources...
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Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication: Results of an Investigation Conducted by Ithaka for the Association of Research Libraries
In the spring of 2008, ARL engaged Ithaka to conduct an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those projects that are pushing...
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A Guide for the Perplexed: Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement
google-settlement-13nov08.pdf
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SPEC Kit 308: Graduate Student and Faculty Spaces and Services (November 2008)
SPEC Kit 308 explores the variety of resources and services being delivered to or envisioned for graduate students and faculty. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of descriptions...
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E- Science Talking Point FOR ARL DEANS AND DIRECTORS
e-science-talking-points.pdf