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Letter to NARA Vision re: Proposed Digitization Agreement between NARA and GSU (Aug. 29, 2007)
This letter provides comments by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on the Proposed Digitization Agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Genealogical Society of Utah...
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Open Access Bibliography
This bibliography presents over 1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and...
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SPEC Kit 299: Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives (August 2007)
SPEC Kit 299 explores what kind of initiatives ARL member libraries have used or plan to use to educate faculty, researchers, administrators, students, and library staff at their institutions about...
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Letter to Deborah Platt Majoras re: In the Matter of Consumer Fair Use and Related Rights (Aug. 1, 2007)
Letter from library associations in support of the the request for investigation and complaint for injunctive relief filed by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) in the matter of...
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In the Matter of Petition for Expedited Rulemaking to Establish Technical Requirements and Standards Pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: Joint Comments
Joint Comments Submitted on Behalf of American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Democracy & Technology, Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Media Access Project, The Rutherford...
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Research Libraries’ Enduring Responsibility for Preservation
Collectively ARL libraries hold more than 470 million print volumes. These works are complemented by many digital works and special collections. Preservation has long been an area of significant activity...
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Letter to House re: Support for timely online access to articles reporting the results of government-funded research (July 16, 2007)
Letter from library associations concerning the FY08 Labor/HHS/Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. ltr_to_house_re_nih_16july07.pdf
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Letter to Senate re: Support for timely online access to articles reporting the results of government-funded research (July 16, 2007)
Letter from library associations concerning the FY08 Labor/HHS/Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. ltr_to_senate_re_nih_16july07.pdf
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Scholarly Tribes and Tribulations: How Tradition and Technology Are Driving Disciplinary Change [annotated bibliography]
In 2003, ARL convened a group of scholars, librarians, information technologists, and administrators to explore how the disciplines and sub-disciplines are approaching the use of technology. scholarly-tribes-bibl-dec03.pdf
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The Humanist: “Dances with Wolves” or “Bowls Alone”?
This paper discusses informal scholarly communication in the humanities; ways in which information technology can influence the content of scholarly communication without necessarily changing its outward forms; and an emerging...