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Open Access Working Group Letter on Public Access
On November 3, 2023, ARL joined the Open Access Working Group in a asking the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to oppose Section 552 of the House Commerce,...
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Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Letter on FY 2025 Funding Priorities
On November 3, 2023, ARL joined the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) in asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy...
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What Does It Take for Authorized Entities to Utilize the Marrakesh Treaty? Join the Conversation Monday, November 6
Representatives from the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) will share the experiences and lessons...
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Library Copyright Alliance Supports US Copyright Office Exemption for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Breaking Digital Locks to Create Preservation Copies
Climate change, human conflict, and natural disasters present risks to human lives and health, as well as to collections of cultural heritage materials. To future-proof these valuable collections in anticipation...
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Association of Research Libraries Calls for Born-Accessible Publishing in Comments to US Department of Justice
In response to the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) notice of proposed rulemaking “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government...
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September 2023
ARL Public Policy Briefing (September 2023) This issue includes: Accessibility ARL Responds to Proposed Regulations on Americans with Disabilities Act Library of Congress Commemorates 10 Years of Marrakesh Treaty Copyright...
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Subscribe to ARL’s Public Policy Briefing for the Research Library Community
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) monthly Public Policy Briefing highlights developments in ARL’s public policy priorities, issues that are relevant to the research library community in the United States...
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ACE Letter on the National Defense Authorization Act
On September 21, 2023, ARl joined a letter by the American Council on Education (ACE) asking members of the Congressional Armed Services Committee to strike certain provisions from the bill....
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Summer 2023
ARL Public Policy Briefing (Summer 2023) This issue includes: Appropriations Update ARL Opposes Appropriations Language That Would Defund Public Access to Research in the US ARL Joins Higher Education Associations...
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ARL, Coalition Partners to Congress: Do Not Restrict the Promise of Generative AI
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined libraries, civil society organizations, and legal experts and scholars in a letter expressing concern to Congress about calls for new copyright restrictions...