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No One Can Own the Law: How the Pro Codes Act Would Interfere with Public Access to the Law
ARL opposes the Pro Codes Act, which would affirm copyright ownership of elements of the law to private entities. The Pro Codes Act would reverse the foundational legal principle known...
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Association of Research Libraries Calls for Protection of US National Archives and Records Administration
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) sent letters urging congressional committees that provide oversight and appropriations for the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to protect NARA’s crucial role...
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ARL Letters to Congress Urging Oversight and Appropriations for NARA
On February 20, 2025, ARL sent letters to four congressional committees urging them to provide oversight and appropriations for the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and to take...
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ARL Comments on NIH Draft Public Access Policy
On August 19, 2024, ARL submitted comments on the National Institutes of Health Draft Public Access Policy applauding the elimination of the 12-month embargo period and clarification that compliance with...
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ARL Comments on Social Security Administration’s Plan for Increasing Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
On May 13, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) released a request for information for the “Plan for Increasing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research (SSA-2023-0039).”...
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March 2024
ARL Public Policy Briefing (March 2024) This issue includes: Access to Government Information ARL Endorses Bill to Reform Preservation of Federal Records Copyright and Fair Use/Fair Dealing ARL Pushes Back...
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The Real Truth about the “Pro Codes” Act
The Copyright Alliance has distributed a document entitled The Truth about the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631/S. 835). This is a response to the false assertions made in that document....
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ARL Comments on the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science 2023–2028
March 15, 2024 NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Re: Request for Information (RFI)—Inviting Comments on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic...
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Subscribe to ARL’s Public Policy Briefing for the Research Library Community
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) monthly Public Policy Briefing highlights developments in ARL’s public policy priorities, issues that are relevant to the research library community in the United States...
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Summer 2023
ARL Public Policy Briefing (Summer 2023) This issue includes: Appropriations Update ARL Opposes Appropriations Language That Would Defund Public Access to Research in the US ARL Joins Higher Education Associations...
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