Table of Contents

Current Issues

• Yes or No?
  by R. Peter Milroy, Director, University of British Columbia Press

• AAUP’s Books for Understanding Project

Federal Relations

• U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act
  by Amy Masciola, ARL Policy Analyst

Preservation

• Mass Deacidification in 2002 and the University of Michigan Experience
  by Shannon Zachary, Head of Conservation Services, Preservation Division, University of Michigan Library

ARL Activities

• MIT President Calls on Libraries to Accelerate the Open Sharing of Knowledge
  by Judith Matz, ARL Communications Officer

• ARL Celebrates 70 Years and Looks to the Future
  by Judith Matz, ARL Communications Officer

• Institutional Repositories Examined in North America and Europe
  by Alison Buckholtz, SPARC Associate Enterprise Director