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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2021 to Be Celebrated February 22–26
Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2021—an annual international celebration of these important copyright doctrines—will take place Monday–Friday, February 22–26. You can participate on a single day during the...
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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2021
Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2021—a community celebration coordinated by the Association of Research Libraries—will take place February 22–26. You can participate on a single day during the...
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White Paper Encourages Libraries to Reevaluate Use of CONTU Guidelines in Interlibrary Loan
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new ARL white paper: Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving beyond the CONTU Guidelines. The spoiler is in the subtitle, “Moving beyond...
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Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving beyond the CONTU Guidelines
This ARL white paper reexamines the role of the decades-old Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) Guidelines in interlibrary lending. The white paper includes the history and...
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Association of Research Libraries Signs Statement in Support of Controlled Digital Lending
Today the Association of Research Libraries signed the “Position Statement on Controlled Digital Lending.” Libraries use controlled digital lending (CDL) to circulate temporary digital copies of print books they own...
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ARL and CARL Form Joint Task Force on Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Advocacy and Public Policy Committee and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Policy Committee today announce the launch of a joint ARL-CARL Task...
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Association of Research Libraries Urges End to Litigation against Internet Archive
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) urges an end to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive filed early this month by four major publishers in the United States District Court...
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Digitization in an Emergency: Fair Use/Fair Dealing and How Libraries Are Adapting to the Pandemic
Like every other major institution operating during the coronavirus pandemic, research libraries are confronting sudden and radical shifts in their daily realities. Foremost among these challenges is the near-total loss...
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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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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2020 Highlights Equitable Access, Decentralized Creativity
The seventh annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week was celebrated February 24–28, 2020, by 78 participating organizations as well as numerous individuals worldwide. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) organized the...