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Federal Court Narrows Georgia State E-reserves Case, Sides with GSU on Key Issues
In a preliminary decision issued late last week, federal district judge Orinda Evans in Georgia cleared up a host of key issues in a closely-watched copyright lawsuit. A trio of...
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SPEC Kit 319: Diversity Plans and Programs (October 2010)
SPEC Kit 319 explores what progress has been made in ARL member libraries to recruit and retain a diverse workforce; the strategies they use to increase the number of ethnically/culturally...
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Reminding the Fourth Circuit That Fair Use Protects the Historical Record
Can the owner of a copyrighted work use her rights to censor history? Courts applying fair use principles have typically held that she cannot. Nevertheless, a recent decision from the...
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LCA Members Join Other Non-Profits in Bouchat v. Ravens Amicus Brief
On September 17, 2010, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), joined the International Documentary Association (IDA) and...
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Spanish Translation: LCA Submits Comments to WIPO Committee on Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions
A Spanish translation of LCA's 2010 submitted comments to the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Protecting Traditional Cultural Expressions. Comment (PDF)
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SPEC Kit 318: Impact Measures in Research Libraries (September 2010)
SPEC Kit 318 explores the tools and methods libraries use to gauge the difference they make for their user community, the topics assessment practitioners probe and the results they obtain,...
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Research Library Issues, no. 271 (Aug. 2010): Special Issue on Value in Libraries: Assessing Organizational Performance
RLI issue 271 includes: Library Value May Be Proven, If Not Self-Evident A Decade of Assessment at a Research-Extensive University Library Using LibQUAL+® LibQUAL+® and the “Library as Place” at the...
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SPEC Kit 317: Special Collections Engagement (August 2010)
SPEC Kit 317 examines exhibits, events, instruction, and other activities that are targeted to engage students, faculty, and other scholars/researchers with special collections for research and education. It investigates who...
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The Librarian of Congress Pops Digital Locks
Photo CC BY rebopper Yesterday the Librarian of Congress announced six classes of works that would be exempted from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) prohibition on breaking digital locks...
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LCA Applauds Librarian of Congress in Broadening Exceptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
On July 27, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauded the decision issued by the Librarian of Congress to significantly broaden the exemption for the creation of film clip compilations...
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