For immediate release:
October 30, 2009

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

Research Library Issues no. 266 Now Online

Washington DC--The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released issue 266 of Research Library Issues (RLI).

This issue of RLI features articles on Cornell University Library’s new policy on use of public domain reproductions, the implications of broadening preservation activities to address digital content, income models for supporting open-access journals, and highlights from the 2008-09 ARL Salary Survey.

The full table of contents with links to the articles follows.

• Removing All Restrictions: Cornell’s New Policy on Use of Public Domain Reproductions
  by Peter Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor, Cornell University Library,
  with Tricia Donovan, Administrative Assistant, ARL

• Evolving Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries

• SPARC Explores Income Models for Supporting Open-Access Journals
  by Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications, SPARC

• ARL Salary Survey Highlights
  by Les Bland, Statistics Liaison, ARL

• News and Calendar

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://publications.arl.org/.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 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, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.