Letter to House Committee on the Judiciary re: Opposition to Research Works Act (Feb. 13, 2009)
Letter from higher education and library association asking the House to oppose H.R. 801, "The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act," and support the worldwide move toward open, public access to the results of publicly funded research.
 oawg_to_judiciary-09-feb.pdf
Open letter from liberal arts college presidents supporting the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 (Sept. 23, 2009)
Letter to Orrin Hatch and Patrick J. Leahy re: S. 2560, Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (Oct. 6, 2004)
Letter from public interest organizations asking the Senators not to bring up S. 2560 at their scheduled Executive Business Meeting on October 7. lt_oppose-2560-06oct04.pdf
Letter to Jule L. Sigall re: Reply Comments to Inquiry Concerning Orphan Works (May 9, 2005)
Letter from library associations addressing consensus proposal on orphan works. lt-orphanreply-09may05.pdf
Letter to Congress re: Domestic Security Enhancement Act (DSEA) (Mar. 17, 2003)
Letter from public interest organizations expressing opposition to the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (DSEA). lt-patriot2-dsea-17mar03.pdf
Letter to Zoe Lofgren re: Support for the Public Domain Enhancement Act (Jun. 24, 2003)
Letter to Patrick Leahy re: Surveillance by the federal government of electronic information (Nov. 7, 2007)
Letter from NASULGC expressing support for efforts by the nation's librarians to require that any surveillance by the Federal government of the e-mails and other electronic information generated by library patrons be conducted only following issuance of a subpoena by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. lt-leahy-surveillance-07nov07.pdf
Letter to John Conyers and Lamar Smith re: H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act) of 2007 (Mar. 5, 2008)
Letter from Library Copyright Alliance and others supporting the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act) of 2007, H.R. 4279 with some changes. lt-proipact-05mar08.pdf
Letter to Lamar Smith re: Support for the Family and Entertainment Copyright Act of 2005, S. 167 (Mar. 2, 2005)
Letter from library associations supporting the Family and Entertainment Copyright Act of 2005, S. 167. lt-s167-family-ent-copyright-act-02mar05.pdf
Letter to Senate re: FY 2008 appropriations request for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) (Mar. 21, 2007)
Letter from library associations in support of the FY2008 appropriations request for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). lt-senate-gpo-approps-fy08.pdf
Letter to Mary L. Landrieu re: In strong support of the request to restore $21.5 million in funding for the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP)(Apr. 3, 2007)
Letter from library associations in strong support of the request to restore $21.5 million in funding for the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in the Library of Congress FY 2008 request. lt-senate-ndiipp-approps-fy08.pdf
Letter to Dianne Feinstein and Wayne Allard re: FY 2009 funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) (Jun. 19, 2008)
Letter from library and higher education associations in support of the proposed FY 2009 funding of $160 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an increase of $15.3 million above the current year's enacted level. senjointltr_neh08jun19.pdf
Letter to James Sensenbrenner and W.J. "Billy" Tauzin re: discussion draft database protection bill (Sept. 4, 2003)
Comments from library associations on draft of "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act." lt-sensen-tauzin-database-04sept03.pdf
Letter to Lawrence Small re: Smithsonian on Demand--Showtime Networks Contract (Apr. 7, 2006)
Letter from Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies expressing concern with the agreement between the Smithsonian and Showtime, granting the network near-exclusive rights to Smithsonian content. lt-small-smithsonian-27apr06.pdf
Letter to Steve Leggett re: comments in support of a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation in the United States (Jan. 26, 2007)
This statement is submitted on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in response to the request by the Library of Congress for comments in support of a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation in the United States. Sound recordings are a critically important part of our Nation's cultural and educational landscape. As a consequence, the scope of these collections within the ARL community is significant and diverse. Unfortunately, these collections are also in various stages of risk. lt-leggett-avmaterials-study-26jan07.pdf
Letter to Dianne Feinstein and Bob Bennett re: nomination of Robert C. Tapella as Public Printer of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO (Sept. 11, 2007)
Letter from ARL expressing the qualifications needed and challenges faced by the Public Printer and supporting the nomination of Robert Tapella as Public Printer of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). lt-tapella-nomination-gpo-11sep07.pdf
Letter to Veronica Steadman re: Docket No. 2003-C-006, Technological Protection Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works: Higher Education Associations’ and Library Associations’ Comments and Request to Testify (Jan. 14, 2003)
ARL Comments on NIH Public Access Policy
In this October 2004 letter, Prudence Adler writes on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries to express ARL's strong support for the NIH proposal to provide freely available online access to NIH-funded manuscripts via PubMed Central. There are many aspects of the NIH plan that ARL endorses and ARL applauds NIH's leadership in promoting this balanced initiative.
nih-publicaccess-comments-29oct04.pdf
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