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Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries
This report summarizes the results of a project to investigate options that research libraries have for providing publishing support to small, print-based publishers. pub-support_7mar11.pdf
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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on...
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MINES for Libraries Final Report
This final report of a ground-breaking study summarizes findings on 34,000 randomly captured uses of electronic resources over a 12-month period from the 21 members of the Ontario Council of...
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Year Two of the “Great Recession”: Surviving the Present by Building the Future
This is a longer version of the April 2010 ARL Membership Meeting budget presentation by Charles B. Lowry. year-two-great-recession-report.pdf
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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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Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries
This report summarizes research into the current application of fair use to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty-five librarians were interviewed confidentially by telephone for around...
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LCA Releases Paper on Impact of Costco v. Omega
On December 13, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Costco v. Omega in a manner that eliminated none of the uncertainty caused by the lower court's ruling in that case....
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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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ARL Profiles: Emerging Themes
arl-profiles-rllf-report.pdf
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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...