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User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override
The American University (AU) Washington College of Law (WCL) Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invite papers and presentations for...
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Call for Papers and Save the Date—User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override, May 18–19, 2023
The American University (AU) Washington College of Law (WCL) Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invite...
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ARL Addresses Copyright Implications of OSTP Public-Access Guidance in FAQs
In conversations around the recently updated public-access guidance from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), we've heard members of our community—including librarians, researchers, and administrators—raise questions...
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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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Copyright Guides for Software Collections Webinar
Would you like to learn how you can provide access to software by using library exceptions to copyright alongside fair use and fair dealing? Join this free webinar on Tuesday, October 4, at...
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KnowYourCopyrights.org Helps Library Advocates Assert Rights in Digital Era
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) launched KnowYourCopyrights.org, a revamped resource to support library leaders, practitioners, and advocates in proactively asserting library rights in the digital era. Libraries, as...
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Copyright and Contracts: Issues and Strategies
In 2020, ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee launched a digital rights initiative focused on understanding and safeguarding the full stack of research libraries’ rights: to acquire and lend digital...
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Controlled Digital Lending
This paper discusses ARL's position on controlled digital lending of library materials and lays out considerations that may support research libraries in crafting their use case and preparing for a...
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ARL Comments on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to submit these comments to the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, in consideration of its process to propose amendments...
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ARL Joins Fair-Use Amicus Brief in Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith
In the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined associations representing libraries,...
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