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Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities

This memo summarizes the key rulings in the Georgia State University (GSU) lawsuit and discusses some possible consequences for libraries generally.

pdf memo_gsudirectors_15may12.pdf

Terms:2012, Brandon Butler, Copyright, Court Cases, Fair Use, Memorandum, Publications, Text

21st-Century Collections: Calibration of Investment and Collaborative Action

Deliberations over library collections will have no end. Balancing serial and monograph investments, assessing the latest digital format, anticipating new directions in teaching and research—this large undertaking resists all formulas. The Task Force on 21st-Century Research Library Collections defers for detail to the expertise that is spread so impressively across ARL libraries, seeking here to give a big picture of collections: to describe not everything on the map, but the general landscape we face today.

pdf issue-brief-21st-century-collections-2012.pdf

Terms:2012, Collaboration, Issue Brief, Publications, Research Collections, Text

ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2009-2010

ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2009–2010 presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 74 law libraries at ARL member institutions in the US and Canada.

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

Link to the online ARL Academic Law Library Statistics 2009–2010 on the ARL Digital Publications website.

Terms:2012, ARL Academic Law Library Statistics, Assessment, Gary Roebuck, Martha Kyrillidou, Publications, Shaneka Morris, Text

Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Attendance List

Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.

pdf mm12spring-attend.pdf

Terms:2012, ARL Membership Meeting, Proceedings, Publications, Text

Letter to Sunstein Regarding Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities

Letter in support of the comments filed by Public.resources.org concerning "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities."

pdf ltsunsteinibr-30apr12.pdf

Terms:2012, Access to Government Information, Letter, Public Access Policies, Publications, Text

Authors Guild v. Hathi Trust Amicus Brief

In their motion for partial judgment on the pleadings, Plaintiffs in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust advance a radical and unprecedented interpretation of 17 U.S.C. § 108 that threatens the most routine library operations.

pdf amicus-hathi-trust-20apr12.pdf