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Letter to Daralyn J. Durie, Esq. re: Privacy Concerns about the Google Book Settlement (Oct. 6, 2009)
Letter to attorneys involved in the Google Books Settlement case written to urge Google to include enforceable privacy protections along with the amended settlement agreement. lt-gbs-group-privacy06oct09.pdf
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SPEC Kit 313: E-book Collections (October 2009)
SPEC Kit 313 examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging, and collection management issues; and...
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Letter to Senate Committee on the Judiciary re: Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act (Sept. 30, 2009)
Letter to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in support of amendments to S.1686, the Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act. coalition-ltr-justice-act-30sept09.pdf
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The Google Books Settlement: Who Is Filing And What Are They Saying?
The Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have prepared this document to summarize in a few pages of charts some...
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Letter to Senators re: Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act (Sept. 23, 2009)
Letter to US Senators supporting amendments to S.1686, the Judiciously Using Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act. coaltion-ltr-justice-act-23sept09.pdf
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Library Associations Urge Congress to Increase Oversight and Enhance Civil Liberties Protections In Reauthorizing Provisions of the USA PATRIOT
The American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) support including enhanced civil liberties and due process safeguards in the reauthorization of selected provisions of the USA...
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Letter to Joseph I. Lieberman and Susan M. Collins re: In support of the nomination of David Ferriero as Archivist of the United States (Sept. 23, 2009)
Letter from ARL supporting the nomination of David Ferriero. ltferrieronara-23sept09.pdf
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Letter to Richard J. Durbin and Russell D. Feingold re: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) (Sept. 14, 2009)
Letter from Ronald Weich, Assistant Attorney General and enclosed letter from Patrick J. Leahy regarding FISA. durbin-feingold-091409.pdf
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Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom
This piece was written in hopes of clarifying one aspect of the confusion on digital delivery of content to the "physical" classroom. films-in-classroom10sep09.pdf
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