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Letter to Chairman Moran and Ranking Member Simpson Regarding NEH Funding for FY2010
On behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA), we write to express strong support for funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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Transforming Special Collections in the Digital Age Working Group
Charge developed in collaboration with the Chairs of TRL Steering Committee and of the Working Group, and with input from the Executive Committee. Endorsed by Executive Committee Feb 11, 2010...
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The Google Books Settlement: Second Round Comments
Late last year, Google, the Author's Guild, the American Association of Publishers, and the individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Google's massive book digitization program negotiated several revisions to their...
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Testimony to Senate on National Endowment of Humanities Funding for FY2010
On behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA), we write to express strong support for funding of the National Endowment for the Humanities...
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Partnering to Publish 2010: Partnering with Researchers to Share New Knowledge Through Digital Technologies
Increasingly the university library's mission is to support scholarly communication in all its forms and to develop a range of scalable and sustainable services in support of research and publishing....
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Summary of Antitrust Lawsuit: SkyRiver & Innovative Interfaces v. OCLC
On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions joined with Innovative Interfaces to file suit in San Francisco federal court against OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) alleging numerous anticompetitive business...
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The Library as Strategic Investment
Presented at "ARL Lib-Value: Return on Investment (ROI) for Academic Libraries Workshop." lib-value-kaufman.pdf
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The ARL 2030 Scenarios: A User’s Guide for Research Libraries
This package, which contains the “ARL 2030 Scenario Set” and an accompanying user’s guide, is the product of a project to promote visioning and scanning activities among research libraries. ARL’s...
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Partnering to Publish 2010: Research Libraries Support for Small Publishers
Reports on a project to explore the potential for ARL libraries to provide support to print-only publishers to ensure long-term digital access to their content. Presented at the SSP/ARL "Partnering...
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In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices
Comments from ARL, ALA, and EDUCAUSE in support of rulemaking to preserve the openness of the Internet. comments_fccpublicnotice_12oct10.pdf