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Fall Forum 2009: Moving Special Collections Forward in an Age of Discovery: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum

Article from Research Library Issues (RLI) 267 summarizing themes from the ARL-CNI Fall Forum, "An Age of Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age."

pdf mm09fall-carter.pdf

 
                                           

Research Library Issues, no. 266 (Oct. 2009)

RLI issue 266 includes:

  • Removing All Restrictions Cornell’s New Policy on Use of Public Domain Reproductions
  • Evolving Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries
  • SPARC Explores Income Models for Supporting Open-Access Journals
  • ARL Salary Survey Highlights
 
     

SPEC Kit 313: E-book Collections (October 2009)

SPEC Kit 313 examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging, and collection management issues; and issues in marketing to and in usage by library clientele. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of collection development policies, e-book collection Web pages, e-book promotional materials, training materials for staff and users, and e-book reader loan policies.

This publication is available for purchase in both online and print versions. Download the spec-kit-purchase-options-2013.pdf  for complete pricing and purchase options information.

Link to the online SPEC Kit 313 on the ARL Digital Publications website.

 
   

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 key information about the hundreds of filings that have been submitted to the federal district court presiding over the Google Books litigation.

pdf gbs-filingchart28sep09.pdf

 
 
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