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Research Library Issues, no. 267 (Dec. 2009): Special Issue on Distinctive Collections
RLI issue 267 includes: Introduction: A Special Issue on Distinctive Collections Special Collections at the Cusp of the Digital Age: A Credo Moving Special Collections Forward in an Age of Discovery:...
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SPEC Kit 315: Leave and Professional Development Benefits (December 2009)
SPEC Kit 315 investigates two broad categories of benefit plans currently offered to professional library staff at ARL member libraries: leave time and support for professional development activities. Topics include...
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A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement
On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library...
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Purdue University Data Research Scientist [job description]
purdue_escience_jobdescript.pdf
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Guidelines for Library Space Partnerships
Guidelines for library space partnerships developed by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. utah_library_space_prtnrshps.pdf
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ARL Strategic Plan 2010-2012
strategic-plan-2010-2012.pdf
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SPEC Kit 314: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts & Archives (November 2009)
SPEC Kit 314 examines the current policies and practices for processing manuscript and archival collections in Special Collections. It is organized around four general areas: personnel, job responsibilities and training;...
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Letter to Julius Genachowski re: Open Internet (Oct. 21, 2009)
Letter expressing support for the recent announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin a public proceeding that will ensure an open and nondiscriminatory Internet. lt-pubint-nn-21oct09.pdf
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Library Associations Statement On The USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009
On October 20, 2009, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Representatives Jerrold R. Nadler (D-NY) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R.3845)....
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In the Matter of Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online
Reply comments from ARL and ALA regarding certain concerns raised in initial comments from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). mandatory-deposit-reply-16oct09.pdf