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Public Access Letter on Appropriations
On August 3, 2023, ARL sent a letter to appropriations leadership in the House and Senate asking them to remove Section 552 from the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill....
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Open the Government Letter on Presidential Records Act Reform
On March 22, 2023, ARL joined the Open the Government Coalition in urging the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability...
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US National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2008 and 2023 Draft NIH Public-Access Plan Comparison
Please note: This side-by-side comparison of the draft NIH public-access plan does not include the data-management-and-sharing (DMS) component of the 2022 Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memo. NIH...
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What Are the Copyright Implications of the New OSTP Public-Access Guidance?
The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) address concerns about public access and copyright raised by the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance, “Ensuring Free,...
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ARL Statement on Digital FDLP Task Force Draft Report
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) welcomes the draft report of the US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). We look forward...
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OSTP 2013 & 2022 Public-Access Memo Comparison
In August 2022, the Office OSTP published new policy guidance, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” as an update to the 2013 “Expanding Public Access to the...
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ARL Celebrates the Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) on His Retirement
After 12 years of distinguished service as the 10th archivist of the United States, David S. Ferriero will retire in April 2022. President Obama appointed Ferriero in 2009. He was...
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Demand Progress Letter Requesting Congress to Direct the Congressional Research Services (CRS) to Publish All Non-Confidential CRS Reports Online
On December 13, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Members of the Joint Committee on the Library to publish CRS reports online, in accordance with the...
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Demand Progress Letter in Support of Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act Legislation
On November 5, 2021, ARL signed onto a letter by Demand Progress asking Senate leadership to consider the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (ACMRA), which would strengthen congressional oversight...
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Libraries Are Leading Advocates Shaping and Influencing Greater Access to Information during COVID-19 Crisis
As higher education and most of daily life has withdrawn from physical spaces and shifted to a fully online environment to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, librarians and library collectives...
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