Terms:2013, Charles B. Lowry, Julia C. Blixrud, Karla L. Strieb, Library Administration, Library Services, Licensing, Marketplace, Publications, Research Library Issues, Scholarly Communication, Text, Workforce
 ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 280, which features articles on open educational resources (OERs) as an alternative to traditional textbooks, ARL's e-book licensing effort, and research library trends as shown by the ARL Statistics. A pre-publication version of the article about OERs was released earlier this year.
The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:
This is "Appendix C: Detailed Evaluation Requirements and Desirables" of the 2012 ARL e-book licensing agent RFP, more commonly known as the "ARL E-Book Requirements."
 arl-e-book-requirements-2012.pdf
RLI issue 279 includes:
- Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues
- Model Deed of Gift
- Model Deed of Gift, including Mixed IP Rights
- Model Digitization Agreement
- Copyright Risk Management: Principles and Strategies for Large-Scale Digitization Projects in Special Collections
Terms:2012, Copyright, Digitization, Intellectual Property, Library Administration, Library Services, Licensing, Publications, Research Collections, Research Library Issues, Special Collections and Archives, Text
 image © thebittenword.comARL has released a pre-publication version of an article on “The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012,” which will be featured in the forthcoming Research Library Issues no. 282 (Spring 2013).
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 ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 282, which features articles on ARL library budgets over the past two years, subscriptions to journal collections from large publishers, and the impact of the changing roles of librarians on reference staffing. A pre-publication version of the article about journal bundles was released earlier this year.
The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:
Terms:2012, ARL Statistics, Library Administration, Library Services, Licensing, Marketplace, New Models, Open Access, Publications, Research Library Issues, Scholarly Communication, Text
On November 18, 2011, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and LYRASIS signed an agreement designating LYRASIS as an agent to negotiate licenses for online content on behalf of interested ARL member libraries. This is the culmination of an effort that began in 2010 to identify a strategy for ARL to influence the marketplace regarding licensing rights, technical specifications, and business terms to meet the needs of research libraries.
RLI issue 275 includes:
- Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices
- White Paper: International Interlibrary Loan
- White Paper: US Law and International Interlibrary Loan
- White Paper: Trends in Licensing
RLI issue 269 includes:
- Strategies for Opening Up Content: Laying the Groundwork for an Open System of Scholarship
- Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
- Improving Access with Open-Access Publishing Funds
- Model Language for Author Rights in Library Content Licenses
- Opening Up Content in HathiTrust: Using HathiTrust Permissions Agreements to Make Authors’ Work Available
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