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2012


  • LCA Members Join Associations in IFLA Letter Regarding TPPA

    On July 4, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined a letter from IFLA regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations. Letter (PDF)

  • LCA Updates Google Books Family Tree after Second Circuit rules HathiTrust Fair Use

    On June 17, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) updated its Google Books Family Tree after the Second Circuit ruled HathiTrust fair use. Diagram (PDF)

  • Research Library Issues, no. 281 (Dec. 2012): Special Issue on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities

    The ARL Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities released this report to bring much-needed attention to the challenges of print-disabled individuals who are seeking access to...

  • Research Library Issues, no. 280 (Sept. 2012)

    RLI issue 280 includes: Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries Marilyn S. Billings, Sarah C. Hutton, Jay Schafer, Charles M. Schweik, and Matt Sheridan E-Book...

  • Library Assessment Conference

    The Association of Research Libraries, the University of Virginia Library, and the University of Washington Libraries hosted the 2012 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment, in Charlottesville, Virginia,...

  • ARL Membership Meeting Spring 2012

    The 160th ARL Membership Meeting convened in Chicago, Illinois, May 2–4, 2012. Program sessions were held on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, open scholarship, scenario planning, balanced...

  • ARL Membership Meeting Fall 2012

    ARL president Winston Tabb (Johns Hopkins) convened the 161st ARL Membership Meeting October 10–11, 2012, in Washington, DC. At the meeting, 117 ARL member library representatives participated in sessions about...

  • ARL Fall Forum: Library Workforce for 21st-Century Research Libraries

    The ARL Fall Forum on "Library Workforce for 21st-Century Research Libraries" convened October 11–12, 2012, in Washington, DC. Program topics included demographic trends, staffing priorities, changing the collective mindset, organizational...

  • ARL-ACRL Human Resources Symposium

    In a time of profound transformation in academic and research libraries, human resources are among the most complex, challenging, and valuable assets of the organization. Management of these resources—to recognize,...

  • Balanced Scorecard Webcast

    This webcast from Dec. 11, 2012, provides an overview of the balanced scorecard for research libraries. The webcast covers the strategic aspects of the scorecard, the tool's development, objectives and...


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