For immediate release:
July 9, 2009
For more information, contact:
Kaylyn Groves
Association of Research Libraries
kaylyn@arl.org
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released issue 264 of Research Library Issues [PDF].
This issue features ARL’s recent statement encouraging members to refrain from signing nondisclosure clauses, an article outlining the case for regulating Google and the proposed Book Rights Registry, the results of an ARL survey of learning and research spaces in member libraries, and more. The full table of contents with links to the articles follows.
ARL Encourages Members to Refrain from Signing Nondisclosure or Confidentiality Clauses [PDF]
The Case for Regulating Google and the Proposed Book Rights Registry [PDF]
Learning and Research Spaces in ARL Libraries: Snapshots of Installations and Experiments [PDF]
Crit Stuart, Former Director of Research, Teaching & Learning, ARL
A Different Kind of Conversation: The Sparky Awards and Fresh Views on Change in Scholarly Communication [PDF]
Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications, SPARC
ARL Selects Research Library Leadership Fellows for 2009–10 [PDF]
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/.