Current Issues

• Library Associations Endorse Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources
  by Mary M. Case, Director, ARL Office of Scholarly Communication

• AIP/APS Prevail in Suit by Gordon and Breach; G&B to Appeal

• Mellon Conference Papers Available Online

• Making Connections: An Update on Vendor Implementations of the ILL Protocol
  by Mary L. Jackson, ARL Access & Delivery Services Consultant

Coalition for Networked Information

• Identifiers and Their Role In Networked Information Application
  by Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

Federal Relations

• Congress Deliberates on Copyright

• Government Information Reform Moves Forward

Diversity

• ARL Launches Leadership and Career Development Program

• Mark Winston to Serve as Visiting Program Officer for Diversity

Office of Management Services

• Building the Bridge as You Walk On It: Developing UBC's Community of Trainers
  by Margaret Friesen, Staff Training and Development Coordinator, University of British Columbia Library; and Kathryn J. Deiss, OMS Senior Program Officer for Leadership Development

Statistics and Measurement

• Trends in Preservation Activities
  by Martha Kyrillidou, Senior Program Officer for Statistics and Measurement

ARL Activities

• ARL Honors Stanley N. Katz

• LC Announces Mellon Foreign Area Fellowship Awards