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Letter Urging US Government Toward Greater Surveillance Transparency (July 18, 2013)
On July 18, 2013, 65 privacy and civil liberties groups, sent this letter to the US government, urging them to show greater transparency in NSA requests to web-based service providers...
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Letter to Congress in Support of Surveillance Acts (September 30, 2013)
On September 30, 2013, ARL, together with 71 other privacy and civil liberties groups, sent this letter to the US Senate and House Judiciary Committees, calling on Congress to "provide...
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Herbert Mitgang et al. v. Google Inc.
Court transcript from Herbert Mitgang, et al., v. Google, Inc. September 23, 2013, hearing before Judge Denny Chin in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York....
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Reply Comments in Opposition to FCC E-Reader Waiver (September 13, 2013)
Reply Comments of the Association of Research Libraries to the Federal Communications Commission in Opposition of GC Docket No. 10-213, Petition for Class Waiver Regarding Access to Advanced Communication Services in E-Readers...
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SPEC Kit 336: Responsible Conduct of Research Training (September 2013)
SPEC Kit 336 explores research libraries’ participation in institutional efforts to train faculty, staff, students, and other researchers in the principles of responsible conduct of research (RCR) and ethical research...
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Using ARL Salary Data to Establish and Maintain an Equitable Salary Structure for Faculty Librarians webcast
In this webcast, recorded September 10, 2013, Brian Keith of the University of Florida Libraries explains how his institution used data from the ARL Salary Survey to implement an internally...
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New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries
This report by Janice M. Jaguszewski, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Karen Williams, University of Arizona Libraries presents findings from interviews and other research into current trends in liaison librarianship,...
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LibValue: Digitized Special Collections webcast
This webcast, recorded August 15, 2013, describes how contingent valuation and Google Analytics can be used to measure the value of digitized special collections. The presenters are Ken Wise, associate...
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SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services (August 2013)
SPEC Kit 335 examines how research libraries and their parent institutions have responded to the transition from analog to digital images and the growth of digital images available from commercial...
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The Good News about Library Fair Use (infographic)
This infographic by ARL, American University's (AU) Washington College of Law, and AU's School of Communication shows how and why libraries should use the Code of Best Practices in Fair...