For immediate release:
May 21, 2009

For more information, contact:
Kaylyn Groves
Association of Research Libraries
kaylyn@arl.org

Research Library Issues no. 263 Now Online

Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released issue 263 of Research Library Issues [7 MB PDF].

This issue features an essay on diversity in research universities by UNC–Chapel Hill Provost Bernadette Gray-Little, a study of digital scholarly communication by Ithaka Analysts Nancy Maron and Kirby Smith, a discussion of incorporating author-rights language in library-publisher contracts for content licenses, and more. The full table of contents with links to the articles follows.

Diversity in Research Universities [PDF]

Bernadette Gray-Little, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UNC–Chapel Hill

An Overview of ARL Diversity Programs [PDF]

Digital Scholarly Communication: A Snapshot of Current Trends [PDF]

Nancy L. Maron and K. Kirby Smith, Strategic Services Analysts, Ithaka

Strategies for Supporting New Genres of Scholarship [PDF]

Karla Hahn, Assistant Executive Director, Transforming Research Library Roles, ARL

Achieving the Full Potential of Repository Deposit Policies [PDF]

Karla Hahn, Assistant Executive Director, Transforming Research Library Roles, ARL

Author-Rights Language in Library Content Licenses [PDF]

Ellen Duranceau, Scholarly Publishing and Licensing Consultant, MIT Libraries, and
Ivy Anderson, Director of Collections, California Digital Library

News and Calendar [PDF]

Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC (RLI) is a freely available, online-only publication released six times per year by the Association of Research Libraries. RLI focuses on the major issues that affect the ability of research libraries to meet the academic and research needs of the diverse communities they serve. RLI is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.