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It’s #OAWeek
Open Access Week 2015 is in full swing! Here's a list of events happening this week worldwide. Just a couple quick points of note. First, Congress continues to consider S. 779,...
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IMLS, Sloan Foundation Jointly Award ARL Grant to Expand and Enhance SHARE
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1.2 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to...
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Google Books Project Ruled Fair Use by US Appeals Court—ARL Releases Issue Brief
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled on Friday, October 16, 2015, in Authors Guild v. Google—also known as the “Google Books” case—that Google’s mass scanning...
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Issue Brief: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
On October 16, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court's fair use decision in Author's Guild v. Google, also known as the...
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Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
*This blog post is now available in a PDF version as an issue brief here* On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed...
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Libraries Laud Appeals Court Affirmation That Mass Book Digitization by Google Is ‘Fair Use’
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today ruled in Authors Guild v. Google that Google's mass digital indexing of books for use in creating a searchable online...
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Fall): “I’ve Got a Hunch”: Technology Innovation in Libraries
Presented at the 167th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2015, in Washington, DC, by Andreas Orphanides mm15fall-Orphanides-Hunch.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Fall): “Under the Tent” Update on ARL Assessment Activities
Presented at the 167th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2015, in Washington, DC, by Bob Fox mm15fall-Fox-Assessment.pdf
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Membership Meeting 2015 (Fall): Grand Challenges & Wicked Problems
Presented at the 167th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2015, in Washington, DC, by Austin Booth mm15fall-Booth-Libraries-that-Learn.pdf
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Accessibility Webinar to Explore Library and Publisher Roles in Providing Digital Resources to Users of All Abilities
Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday, October 28, to learn from recent successes and challenges in practicing inclusivity to improve access to digital resources in libraries. Looking through...