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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...
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Issue Brief: Analysis of the Final Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Text on Intellectual Property: Mixed Results
On October 5, 2015, the 12 trade ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiating parties (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the...
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Analysis of the Final TPP (Leaked) Text on Intellectual Property: Mixed Results
*This post is also available as an issue brief here* On October 5, 2015, the twelve trade ministers of the TPP negotiating parties (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,...
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ARL Board of Directors 2015–2016 Elected by ARL Membership
Larry Alford, image © University of Toronto Larry Alford, chief librarian at University of Toronto, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on Wednesday,...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—October 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from mid-August to October 1, 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. advocacy-and-policy-update-october2015.pdf