Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges
On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on the research university community to provide input to the US Government for increasing access to the results of federally funded research.
 expanded-public-access-a-new-era-with-new-challenges-15apr13.pdf
Research Library Issues, no. 280 (Sept. 2012): Pre-pub of "Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries"
Report of the ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities (Nov. 2, 2012)
Research libraries have a responsibility to make library collections and services universally accessible to their patrons. And as research libraries provide more content electronically to students, faculty members, researchers, and others, the role of libraries and other partners in their institutions and beyond is changing in the provision of information resources and services to patrons with disabilities.
print-disabilities-tfreport02nov12.pdf
Membership Meeting 2012 (Spring): Advancing the Science of Population Health and Aging through Open Access Interdisciplinary Research
Proceedings of the 160th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2012.
mm12sp-raina.pdf
Research Library Issues, no. 274 (Feb. 2011)
RLI issue 274 includes:
- The Future of the US Research University
- Joining in the Enterprise of Response in the Wake of the NSF Data Management Planning Requirement
Research Library Issues, no. 273 (Dec. 2010)
RLI issue 273 includes:
- Three Key Public Policies for Research Libraries: Net Neutrality, Fair Use, Open and Public Access
- The Importance of Net Neutrality to Research Libraries in the Digital Age
- Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
- Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Contributions to Economic Development, Competitiveness, and Innovation
Terms:2010, Access to Federally Funded Research, Access to Government Information, Copyright, Fair Use, Open Access, Public Access Policies, Publications, Research Library Issues, Telecommunications Policies, Text
Research Library Issues, no. 270 (June 2010)
RLI issue 270 includes:
- Celebrating 10 Years of ARL’s Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce
- ETDs and Graduate Education: Programs and Prospects
- Urban Copyright Legends
- Open Access Week: Library Strategies for Advancing Change
Research Library Issues, no. 269 (April 2010): Special Issue on Strategies for Opening Up Content
RLI issue 269 includes:
- Strategies for Opening Up Content: Laying the Groundwork for an Open System of Scholarship
- Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
- Improving Access with Open-Access Publishing Funds
- Model Language for Author Rights in Library Content Licenses
- Opening Up Content in HathiTrust: Using HathiTrust Permissions Agreements to Make Authors’ Work Available
Letter to Julius Genachowski re: A National Broadband Plan for our Future, GN Docket No. 09-51; Preserving the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 09-191 (May 10, 2010)
EDUCAUSE, the American Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries applaud your "third way" proposal to ensure that students, educators, and the general public can benefit from broadband services.
lt-genachowski-broadband-plan-10may10.pdf
Research Library Issues, no. 266 (Oct. 2009)
RLI issue 266 includes:
- Removing All Restrictions Cornell’s New Policy on Use of Public Domain Reproductions
- Evolving Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries
- SPARC Explores Income Models for Supporting Open-Access Journals
- ARL Salary Survey Highlights
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