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US Copyright Claims Board to Begin Proceedings This Month; ARL CASE Act Toolkit Provides Guidance to Research Libraries
On Thursday, June 16, the US Copyright Claims Board (CCB) will begin accepting claims for alleged copyright infringement cases valued at $30,000 or less. ARL has released a CASE Act...
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Library Copyright Alliance Supports Mandatory Deposit Requirement as Essential to Comprehensive, Representative National Collection
The mandatory deposit requirement codified in Section 407 of the US Copyright Act is essential in supporting the Library of Congress’s efforts to build a comprehensive national collection that includes...
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ARL Comments on US Federal Priorities for Information Integrity Research & Development
On March 17, 2022, the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) and National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a “Request for Information on Federal Priorities...
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Canadian and US Academic Libraries Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by Working Together to Facilitate Access for the Print Disabled
French version of release / Version française du communiqué The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled was...
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Justice Breyer, Copyright, and Libraries: A Paper by Jonathan Band
On the occasion of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retiring at the end of this US Supreme Court term, Jonathan Band, who represents and advises the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...
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Mary Lee Kennedy and Peter Berkery Discuss Library-Publisher Relations in Scholarly Kitchen Interview
The Scholarly Kitchen has published an interview with Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of University Presses (AUPresses) executive directors Mary Lee Kennedy and Peter Berkery. Kennedy and Berkery...
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Atlanta University Center to Become 127th Member of ARL
At its Spring 2022 Association Meeting held in Toronto, Canada, April 25–April 28, the membership of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) voted to invite the Robert W. Woodruff Library...
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Library Assessment Conference 2022 Call for Proposals—Deadline Extended to April 29
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the University of Washington Libraries, and the Library Assessment Conference Steering Committee invite paper; poster; short, practical learning session; and challenge talk proposals for...
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Kaleidoscope Program Call for Applications—Deadline May 16
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is accepting applications for the 2022–2024 cohort of the Kaleidoscope Program. The program recruits master of library and information science (MLIS) students from historically...
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ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R Release Final Report on Aligning the Research Library to Organizational Strategy
ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R are pleased to publish the final report of the commissioned research to identify the strategic priorities of higher education’s senior leadership, and to identify how...
