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Public Policy Briefing


ARL’s monthly Public Policy Briefing highlights developments in ARL’s public policy priorities, issues that are relevant to the research library community in the United States and Canada, and details on ARL and CARL advocacy. Subscribe to the email version of the Public Policy Briefing. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Katherine Klosek at kklosek@arl.org.


  • May/June 2024

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (May/June 2024) This issue includes: Canada’s 2024 Federal Budget Reflects CARL Priorities Right to Repair Canada Book Fund, Action Plan for Official Languages Artificial Intelligence and...

  • April 2024

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (April 2024) This issue includes: Accessibility ARL Influences US Department of Justice (DOJ) Disability Regulations Canadian Federal Budget Canada’s 2024 Federal Budget Reflects CARL’s Priorities for...

  • March 2024

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (March 2024) This issue includes: Access to Government Information ARL Endorses Bill to Reform Preservation of Federal Records Copyright and Fair Use/Fair Dealing ARL Pushes Back...

  • February 2024

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (February 2024) This issue includes: Accessibility ARL/CARL Task Force Releases Final Report on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Appropriations CARL Recommends Funding for Library Priorities to Federal Government...

  • January 2024

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (January 2024) This issue includes: Copyright and Fair Use/Fair Dealing Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2024 Is February 26–March 1 LCA Joins Petitions to US Copyright Office...

  • November–December 2023

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (November–December 2023) This issue includes: Copyright and Fair Use/Fair Dealing ARL, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Host Discussion of Marrakesh Treaty at World Intellectual Property...

  • October 2023

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (October 2023) This issue includes: Accessibility Association of Research Libraries Calls for Born-Accessible Publishing in Comments to US Department of Justice Artificial Intelligence CARL to Prepare...

  • September 2023

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (September 2023) This issue includes: Accessibility ARL Responds to Proposed Regulations on Americans with Disabilities Act Library of Congress Commemorates 10 Years of Marrakesh Treaty Copyright...

  • Summer 2023

    ARL Public Policy Briefing (Summer 2023) This issue includes: Appropriations Update ARL Opposes Appropriations Language That Would Defund Public Access to Research in the US ARL Joins Higher Education Associations...


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