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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015
This report analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during 2014–2015. Data are reported for 10,036 professional staff in the 115 university ARL...
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Bill to Amend Canada’s Copyright Act in Preparation for Accession to the Marrakesh Treaty Tabled in the House of Commons
On June 8, 2015, proposed amendments to Canada’s Copyright Act were tabled in the House of Commons. These amendments, contained in Bill C-65, the Support for Canadians with Print Disabilities...
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New Issue Brief on Fair Use in Text and Data Mining
ARL has a new issue brief on fair use in text and data mining. The brief describes the role and usefulness of text and data mining, a short background on...
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Issue Brief: Text and Data Mining and Fair Use in the United States
No researcher can read all relevant research articles that are published in her field of interest. Even if she could, she would not be able to detect patterns in the...
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Issue Brief: Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works
On June 4, 2015, the Copyright Office released its Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (PDF), including recommendations for legislation on orphan works and the creation of an extended...
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Michigan State University Hosts ARL Diversity Scholars for Site Visit
The Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries and their director, Cliff Haka, hosted the ARL Diversity Scholars—participants in the Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW)—for a multiday site visit designed...
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ARL Applauds Senate on Passage of USA FREEDOM Act
On June 2, 2015, the US Senate voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that bans the bulk collection of records that has been practiced by the National Security...
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Canadian Authors Collective—Access Copyright—Dealt Major Blow; Future Uncertain
Bobby Glushko, head of the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office at the University of Toronto Libraries, recently wrote an ARL Policy Notes blog post about a Copyright Board of Canada decision...
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Copyright Office Releases Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Recommends Burdensome Legislation
On June 4, 2015, the Copyright Office released its Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization, including recommendations for legislation on orphan works and the creation of an extended collective...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Annual Conference to be held in San Francisco this summer. Highlights include: Google Analytics WorkshopThursday,...
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