Report

This Note from the Harvard Law Review organizes research on pro-social motivation around the motivation-fostering effects of empowerment, community, and fairness. By incorporating these norms into the cultural architecture of the public domain, we can promote greater information production at less cost than by relying solely on the intellectual property system's traditional tools of exclusion.

fair-use-code-harvard.pdf

Discusses copyright and its problems, why librarians need useable fair use, and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

fair-use-code-slides-lib.pdf

Argues the value of the Code of Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries to help librarians determine fair use guidelines for their institutions.

fair-use-code-cost-of-conservatism.pdf

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 code-of-best-practices-fair-use.pdf

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

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

scwg-charge-final-11feb10.pdf

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.

scenarios-data-gathering-summary-aug10.pdf

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

principles_large_scale_digitization.pdf

arl-profiles-rllf-report.pdf

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

year-two-great-recession-report.pdf

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.

arl_csm_fairusereport.pdf