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Mexico Ratifies Marrakesh Treaty
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that Mexico ratified the Marrakesh Treaty. The Marrakesh Treaty sets forth minimum standards for limitations and exceptions to...
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ARL Urges Swift Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty on 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary. The ADA passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990 and prohibits discrimination on the basis...
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Web Accessibility Blog Highlights Tools for Evaluating Digital Resources
ARL visiting program officer Katya Pereyaslavska writes about evaluating the accessibility of digital resources in a new Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog post, “The Value of Comparing Oranges to...
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The Value of Comparing Oranges to Oranges
Evaluating digital resources can mean looking at usage statistics and licenses, assessing the value of package deals in relation to how frequently library users access this content. However, libraries are...
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FASTR Bill to Enhance Public Access to Research Approved by US Senate Committee
Today, July 29, 2015, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act, or FASTR. The bill...
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On the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, ARL Urges Swift Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary. The ADA, authored and sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and passed with strong bi-partisan...
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Coalition Asks President Obama to Pledge to Veto Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)
Congress is currently considering the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA, S. 754), a bill that has serious implications for privacy and civil liberties. While the bill purportedly is...
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ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Call for Applications—Deadline September 7
ARL is now accepting applications for the 2016 cohort of the ARL Career Enhancement Program (CEP). Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority groups,...
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Library Copyright Alliance Responds to Copyright Office Inquiry on Visual Works
The Library Copyright Alliance filed a response to the U.S. Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry on Copyright Protection for Certain Visual Works, focusing largely on the importance of fair use...
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LCA Issues Response to Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on Copyright Protection for Certain Visual Works
On July 23, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) responded to questions on copyright challenges for certain visual works. Read Response (PDF). For related copyright issues, visit http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/submissions/domestic/orphan-works.
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