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Testimonies for the June 2, 2014 House Committee First Sale Hearing
On June 2, 2014, Jonathan Band of the Owners' Rights Initiative and Greg Cram of the New York Public Library testified at the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts,...
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NYPL Represents Libraries at House Judiciary Subcommittee Copyright Hearing
On June 2, 2014, Greg Cram of the New York Public Library testified on the importance of the first sale doctrine to libraries at "First Sale Under Title 17," a...
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SHARE Selects Center for Open Science as Development Partner for Notification Service
SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) and the Center for Open Science (COS), a Charlottesville, Virginia–based nonprofit technology start-up, have agreed to form a partnership to build the SHARE Notification Service,...
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Boston Library Consortium Calls Out Publishers on Price Gouging
On May 27, 2014, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a letter to the editor entitled, “Ebook Pricing Hikes Amount to Price-Gouging.” As a result of announced price increases that...
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ARL Disappointed by Version of USA FREEDOM Act Passed by US House of Representatives
Today, May 22, 2014, the US House of Representatives voted 303 to 121 to pass H.R. 3361, the USA FREEDOM Act, after amending the bill twice in committees. The original...
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ARL Disappointed by Version of USA FREEDOM Act Passed by US House of Representatives
Today, May 22, 2014, the US House of Representatives voted 303 to 121 to pass H.R. 3361, the USA FREEDOM Act, after amending the bill twice in committees. The original...
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Closing the Loop: Evaluating Your Key Scholarly Communication Programs and Services
Many libraries have been operating scholarly communication programs or providing scholarly communication services for several years. We have identified what is important to our communities. We have thought strategically about...
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LCA submits additional comments to the Copyright Office on orphan works and mass digitization
On Friday, May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted additional comments on orphan works and mass digitization in response to the Copyright Office’s notice of inquiry. These comments address...
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Web Accessibility Toolkit for Research Libraries Launched by ARL
On the third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD), May 15, 2014, the Association of Research Libraries launched a new resource for the library community—a Web Accessibility Toolkit for research...
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SHARE Launches Knowledge Base
Have you heard about SHARE (SHared Access Research Ecosystem) and wondered exactly what it is? Do you need to explain SHARE to stakeholders, both on and off campus? The new...
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