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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.

pdf senjointltr_neh08jun19.pdf

 
       

Letter to Howard L. Berman and Howard Coble re: H.R. 5889 (May 5, 2008)

Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance expressing appreciation for the introduction of H.R. 5889, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.

pdf lt-berman-coble-hr5889-05may08.pdf

 
     

Letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz re: Library of Congress (LC) Budget FY2009 (Apr. 4, 2008)

Letter from library associations in support of the fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget request of $645.8 million for the Library of Congress.

pdf schultz-lc-funding-040408.pdf

 
   

Letter to Rosa DeLauro re: FY2009 appropriation for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) (Mar. 20, 2008)

Letter from library associations in support of a Fiscal Year 2009 appropriation for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) that will ensure that the Library can effectively serve the information needs of agricultural researchers, farmers, agriculture extension agents, educators, and the public throughout the country.

pdf nal-lt-20mar08.pdf

 
           

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.

pdf lt-leahy-surveillance-07nov07.pdf

 
         

Letter to Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell re: NIH Public Access Policy (Sept. 19, 2007)

Letter from the Net Coalition requesting support for adoption ofthe National Institutes of Health's public access policy as part of S. 1710, the FY2008 Labor, Heath, and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, or any other appropriate legislation.

pdf lt-netcoalition-public-access-19sep07.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).

pdf lt-tapella-nomination-gpo-11sep07.pdf

 
 

Letter to NARA re: NARA Agreement with iArchives (Sept. 10, 2007)

This letter provides comments by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) agreement with iArchives. Under terms of the agreement, iArchives will digitize selected NARA records. While ARL appreciates that the agreement will result in more public domain federal resources becoming accessible, the manner in which NARA entered into the agreement and some provisions in the agreement raise a number of concerns.

pdf nara-iarchives-10sep07.pdf

 
   

Letter to Deborah Platt Majoras re: In the Matter of Consumer Fair Use and Related Rights (Aug. 1, 2007)

Letter from library associations in support of the the request for investigation and complaint for injunctive relief filed by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in the matter of Consumer Fair Use and Related Rights.

pdf ftc_complaint_01aug07.pdf

 
       
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