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Issue Brief on GSU E-Reserves Case Now Online
ARL has released an issue brief about the recent US Court of Appeals decision in the Georgia State University (GSU) case concerning the use of excerpts of academic books for electronic...
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ARL and ALA Urge FCC to Deny Waiver of E-Reader Accessibility Requirement
On October 27 and November 5, 2014, ARL along with the American Library Association (ALA) filed a letter and comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing the request by...
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SHARE Community Meeting Summary Now Online
More than 60 SHARE working group members, Notification Service prototype participants, technical partners, and other interested parties gathered in Crystal City, Virginia, in mid-October for a two-day meeting. The event...
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ARL Membership Meeting and Fall Forum 2014 Proceedings Online
On October 7–8, 2014, in Washington, DC, ARL convened its 165th Membership Meeting, followed on October 9 by the ARL Fall Forum, “Wanted Dead or Alive—The Scholarly Monograph.” Summaries of...
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Learn More about SHARE at “Updates from the World of Open”
Registration is now open for the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) New England Chapter’s Scholarly Communication Interest Group fall program, “Updates from the World of Open: SHARE, OERs,...
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Career Enhancement Program Application Deadline Extended to November 17
The application deadline for the ARL Career Enhancement Program has been extended to Monday, November 17, 2014. Master of library and information science (MLIS) students from racial and ethnic minority...
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Video Features Jonathan Band on Implications of Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Decision
ARL has released a video of Jonathan Band, PLLC, Technology Law and Policy, discussing the case, Authors Guild v. HathiTrust. Band provides an in-depth review of the issues in the...
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ARL Supports Three Researchers to Attend OpenCon 2014
ARL is providing travel scholarships to three researchers to attend OpenCon 2014, the student and early-career researcher conference on open access, open education, and open data, which will be held...
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In Memory of Julia Claire Blixrud, 1954–2014
All of us at ARL, CNI, and SPARC are mourning the death of our dear colleague and friend Julia Blixrud, who lost her decade-long fight with cancer on Wednesday, October...
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ARL Statistics 2012–2013 Published
ARL has released the ARL Statistics 2012–2013, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of ARL’s 125 member libraries. Of...
