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Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works: ARL Releases Issue Brief
ARL has published an issue brief on the US Copyright Office’s June 4, 2015, Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (PDF), which includes recommendations for legislation on orphan works—copyrighted...
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Librarian of Congress James Billington to Retire
On June 10, 2015, after 27 years as Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington announced that he will retire effective January 1, 2016. A Russia scholar, Billington was appointed by...
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ARL Applauds Senate on Passage of USA FREEDOM Act
On June 2, 2015, the US Senate voted in favor of the USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that bans the bulk collection of records that has been practiced by the National Security...
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US House of Representatives Advances Bills on NSF Funding and Reauthorization
On May 20, 2015, the US House of Representatives passed two bills that carry troubling implications for the National Science Foundation (NSF): the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R....
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Canadian Authors Collective—Access Copyright—Dealt Major Blow; Future Uncertain
Bobby Glushko, head of the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office at the University of Toronto Libraries, recently wrote an ARL Policy Notes blog post about a Copyright Board of Canada decision...
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ARL Voices Support for Baltimore Libraries during Civil Unrest
Following the April 19, 2015, death of Freddie Gray while in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland, ARL president Deborah Jakubs sent a letter on behalf of the Association to the...
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ARL to Host Events at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco
ARL, LibQUAL+®, and SPARC are offering several events at the American Library Association (ALA) 2015 Annual Conference to be held in San Francisco this summer. Highlights include: Google Analytics WorkshopThursday,...
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Blog on Web Accessibility in Research Libraries Launched by ARL
ARL’s Accessibility and Universal Design Working Group is pleased to announce a new blog devoted to facilitating Web Accessibility in Research Libraries. The blog is an enhancement of ARL’s Web...
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ARL Membership Convenes in Berkeley for Spring 2015 Meeting—Slides Online
ARL president Deborah Jakubs (Duke University) convened the 166th ARL Membership Meeting in Berkeley, California, on the afternoon of April 28, 2015. The theme of this Membership Meeting was “Global...
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ARL, ACRL, ALA Form Joint Advisory Task Force to Clarify Academic Library Definitions in IPEDS Survey
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a joint advisory task force to suggest changes to the current definitions and...
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