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ADA Title II Regulations: Implications for Libraries
On April 24, 2024, the Federal Register published the US Department of Justice’s final rule on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which includes specific rules for state and...
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Sunsetting Section 230 Will Limit Free Expression
This week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on a legislative proposal to “sunset” Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by...
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Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Letter on Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations
ARL joined a letter by CNSF thanking appropriators for protecting NSF in a difficult funding climate, calling for the highest possible amount for NSF in final appropriations, noting the importance of...
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American Council on Education (ACE) Letter on Visa Flexibility for International Students
On December 8, 2023, ARL signed on to a letter to the US State Department asking that the current flexibilities and waiver for in-person interviews for student visa applications be...
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ARL Comments on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities
On October 2, 2023, ARL submitted comments to the US Department of Justice in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act....
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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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ARL, Coalition Partners to Congress: Do Not Restrict the Promise of Generative AI
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined libraries, civil society organizations, and legal experts and scholars in a letter expressing concern to Congress about calls for new copyright restrictions...
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Coalition for International Education Letter on International Language and Foreign Language Studies
On September 11, 2023, ARL joined a letter by the Coalition for International Education calling on Congressional appropriators to fund the U.S. Department of Education’s International Education and Foreign Language...
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ARL, Coalition Partners to Congress: Do Not Restrict the Promise of Generative AI
On September 11, 2023, ARL joined libraries, civil society organizations, and legal experts and scholars in expressing concern to Congress about calls for new copyright restrictions in response to the...
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EDUCAUSE/ARL Joint Letter on Guidance around Third-Party Servicers (TPS)
On March 30, 2023, ARL and EDUCAUSE jointly issued a letter to the Department of Education with examples of institutional concerns regarding the Department’s recent guidance around third-party servicers (TPS);...