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LCA Issues Statement on Authors Guild’s Appeal of HathiTrust Decision
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has issued the following statement regarding the appeal filed yesterday by the Authors Guild in its lawsuit against the HathiTrust and five partner libraries: We...
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ARL Publishes Report on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities
ARL has released the report (PDF) of its Joint Task Force on Services to Patrons with Print Disabilities, scheduled for final publication later this month in Research Libraries Issues(RLI). ARL formed the task...
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Facilitators Announced for Scholarly Communication Workshop on Strategic Skills for Success
Photo Melanie Hawks and Paul Meyer, ISC facilitatorsAre you already working with library colleagues, faculty, and researchers on your campus for change in scholarly communication? Do you want to develop...
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ARL Statistics 2010–2011 Published by ARL
Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2010–2011, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of...
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Library Assessment Career Achievement Awardees Named for 2012
clockwise from top left: Karin De Jager, Joan Rapp, Sam Kalb, Don KingARL is pleased to announce the 2012 Library Assessment Career Achievement Awards. These awards recognize individuals with substantial...
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Landmark HathiTrust Decision and the Implications for Research Libraries: ARL to Host Webcast
Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a webcast on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time, to discuss the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and...
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ARL Board of Directors 2012–2013 Elected by ARL Membership
Washington, DC—Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota, began a one-year term as President of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 11, 2012,...
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LCA Comments on Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Decision
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) welcomes Judge Harold Baer's decision yesterday that the HathiTrust Digital Library’s (HDL) use of digitized works is a fair use permitted under the Copyright Act....
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MINES for Libraries® Webcast Recording Now Available
ARL has released a free recording of the MINES for Libraries® Webcast, held on September 18, 2012. The webcast provides potential and current participants with vital information about the MINES for...
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Strategic Skills for Success: An ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication Workshop
The Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC), a coordinated effort by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is hosting a two-day workshop,...