Report

Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries

This report summarizes the results of a project to investigate options that research libraries have for providing publishing support to small, print-based publishers.

pdf pub-support_7mar11.pdf

Terms:2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Judy Luther, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, Library Publishing, October Ivins, October Ivins, October Ivins, October Ivins, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Communication, Text, Text, Text, Text

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic Libraries

This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best practices in fair use, drawn from the actual practices and experience of the library community itself.

A PDF is available here pdf code-of-best-practices-fair-use.pdf

Print copies are also available for $2.00 each plus shipping & handling.

Terms:2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, 2012, Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Fair Use, Fair Use, Fair Use, Fair Use, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

MINES for Libraries Final Report

This final report of a ground-breaking study summarizes findings on 34,000 randomly captured uses of electronic resources over a 12-month period from the 21 members of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). The results show the increasing value derived from the use of digital content, the emerging use of digital resources in the humanities, and the soaring use of e-resources from off-campus locations.

pdf mines-for-libraries-final-report.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Assessment, Assessment, Assessment, Assessment, Brinley Franklin, Brinley Franklin, Brinley Franklin, Brinley Franklin, Martha Kyrillidou, Martha Kyrillidou, Martha Kyrillidou, Martha Kyrillidou, MINES for Libraries, MINES for Libraries, MINES for Libraries, MINES for Libraries, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Terry Plum, Terry Plum, Terry Plum, Terry Plum, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Toni Olshen, Toni Olshen, Toni Olshen, Toni Olshen

Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group

Charge developed in collaboration with the Chairs of TRL Steering Committee and of the Working Group, and with input from the Executive Committee. Endorsed by Executive Committee Feb 11, 2010

pdf scwg-charge-final-11feb10.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Research Collections, Research Collections, Research Collections, Research Collections, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Text, Text, Text, Text

Preparing for the Future Scenario Planning Process: Findings from Internal Data Gathering

In April and May of 2010, Stratus and ARL conducted interviews, focus groups and a survey of ARL members and external thinkers on the future of research libraries and the strategic challenges they face. This report is a summary of the findings from that process, including a draft strategic focus that captures the scope of thinking of the ARL membership that participated in this effort.

pdf scenarios-data-gathering-summary-aug10.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Scenario Planning, Scenario Planning, Scenario Planning, Scenario Planning, Susan Stickley, Susan Stickley, Susan Stickley, Susan Stickley, Text, Text, Text, Text

Principles to Guide Vendor/Publisher Relations in Large-Scale Digitization Projects of Special Collections Materials

Principles endorsed by the Association of Research Libraries Board of Directors on July 26, 2010.

pdf principles_large_scale_digitization.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Digitization, Digitization, Digitization, Digitization, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Research Collections, Research Collections, Research Collections, Research Collections, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Text, Text, Text, Text

ARL Profiles: Emerging Themes

pdf arl-profiles-rllf-report.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Ann Snowman, Ann Snowman, Ann Snowman, Assessment, Bryan Skib, Bryan Skib, Bryan Skib, Bryan Skib, Patrick Reakes, Patrick Reakes, Patrick Reakes, Patrick Reakes, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Robert Fox, Robert Fox, Robert Fox, Robert Fox, Text, Text, Text, Text

Year Two of the "Great Recession": Surviving the Present by Building the Future

This is a longer version of the April 2010 ARL Membership Meeting budget presentation by Charles B. Lowry.

pdf year-two-great-recession-report.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Charles B. Lowry, Charles B. Lowry, Charles B. Lowry, Charles B. Lowry, Library Administration, Library Administration, Library Administration, Library Administration, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries

This report summarizes research into the current application of fair use to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty-five librarians were interviewed confidentially by telephone for around one hour each. They were asked about their employment of fair use in five key areas of practice: support for teaching and learning, support for scholarship, preservation, exhibition and public outreach, and serving disabled communities.

pdf arl_csm_fairusereport.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Fair Use, Fair Use, Fair Use, Fair Use, Patricia Aufderheide, Patricia Aufderheide, Patricia Aufderheide, Patricia Aufderheide, Peter Jaszi, Peter Jaszi, Peter Jaszi, Peter Jaszi, Prudence S. Adler, Prudence S. Adler, Prudence S. Adler, Prudence S. Adler, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

The Google Books Settlement: Second Round Comments

Late last year, Google, the Author's Guild, the American Association of Publishers, and the individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Google's massive book digitization program negotiated several revisions to their original Proposed Settlement Agreement (original agreement). The revisions were designed to address concerns raised by the Department of Justice and other critics who advised the court to reject the original agreement. The deadline to file comments on the new Proposed Amended Settlement Agreement (amended agreement) was January 28, 2010. The Department of Justice filed its comments on Thursday, February 4, 2010. This document describes the second round of comments.

pdf gbs-2nd-round-comments10feb10.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

The Impact of the Supreme Court's Decision in Costco v. Omega on Libraries

On December 13, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Costco v. Omega in a manner that eliminated none of the uncertainty caused by the lower court's ruling in that case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had ruled that the copyright law's "first sale doctrine" did not apply to copies manufactured abroad. This ruling cast doubt on a library's ability to circulate books and other materials manufactured outside of the United States.

pdf lca-costco-31jan11.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, First Sale, First Sale, First Sale, First Sale, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

Summary of Antitrust Lawsuit: SkyRiver & Innovative Interfaces v. OCLC

On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions joined with Innovative Interfaces to file suit in San Francisco federal court against OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) alleging numerous anticompetitive business practices and antitrust violations. SkyRiver, a bibliographic services company, and Innovative Interfaces, a library automation company, claim that OCLC is "unlawfully monopolizing the bibliographic data, cataloguing service and interlibrary lending markets and is attempting to monopolize the market for integrated library systems by anticompetitive and exclusionary agreements, policies and practices." (p. 1) The outcome of the lawsuit could have significant impact on the library software and technology services industry by opening up OCLC's services, such as WorldCat, to use by commercial competitors. ARL members have asked for a review of the current state of the suit.

pdf skyriver-oclc-antitrust29nov10.pdf

Terms:2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, 2010, Antitrust, Antitrust, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) retained Ithaka S+R to propose a comprehensive framework for the Federal Depository Library Program ("FDLP" or the "Program") in response to changes in the environment for information dissemination and usage. For this project, Ithaka S+R staff interviewed nearly 90 individuals from 40 libraries, the Government Printing Office (GPO), and a number of other key organizations.

pdf documents-for-a-digital-democracy.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Report, Roger C. Schonfeld, Roger C. Schonfeld, Roger C. Schonfeld, Roger C. Schonfeld, Roger C. Schonfeld, Ross Housewright, Ross Housewright, Ross Housewright, Ross Housewright, Ross Housewright, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text

Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century Interim Summary

In June 2009, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) retained Ithaka S+R to propose a comprehensive framework for the Federal Depository Library Program ("FDLP" or the "Program") in response to changes in the environment for information dissemination and usage. New approaches must take advantage of the opportunities presented by today's digital and networking technologies to deliver services to users more effectively, more broadly, and at lower cost. For this project, Ithaka S+R staff interviewed more than 80 individuals from 30 libraries, the Government Printing Office (GPO), and a number of other key organizations. The FDLP serves a variety of needs across a number of communities, and in this project Ithaka S+R has taken a systemwide perspective in an attempt to understand the needs of all stakeholders. This summary presents a high-level overview of the project's interim findings and recommendations.

pdf summary-ithaka-fdlp-09.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Access to Government Information, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Federal Depository Library Program/FDLP, Ithaka S+R, Ithaka S+R, Ithaka S+R, Ithaka S+R, Ithaka S+R, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Public Access Policies, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text

A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement

On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library Project. The amendments proposed by the parties are designed to address objections made by the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders to the original proposed settlement agreement. While many of the amendments will have little direct impact on libraries, the ASA significantly reduces the scope of the settlement because it excludes most books published outside of the United States. This paper describes the ASA's major changes, with emphasis on those changes relevant to libraries.

pdf guide-for-perplexed-part3-nov09.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, Court Cases, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text

Guidelines for Library Space Partnerships

Guidelines for library space partnerships developed by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

pdf utah_library_space_prtnrshps.pdf

Terms:Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Planning and Visioning, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Space, Facilities, and Services, Space, Facilities, and Services, Space, Facilities, and Services, Space, Facilities, and Services, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text

ARL Strategic Plan 2010-2012

pdf strategic-plan-2010-2012.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text

Background and Update On Google Book Search and the Proposed Settlement

pdf gbs-summary-for-board.pdf

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text

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

Terms:2005–2009, 2005–2009, 2005–2009, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Brandon Butler, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Copyright, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Google Books, Publications, Report, Report, Report, Report, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text, Text