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Join ARL and CARL for a Charleston Preconference Workshop: The Right to Research in the Age of AI
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are hosting a workshop before the 2026 Charleston Library Conference on Tuesday, November 3, to define...
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Stewarding Open Content in the AI Age: A Facilitation Guide from ARL and Harvard Library
Amy Deschenes is Harvard Library’s interim director of UX & Discovery and co-chaired the library’s AI Steering Working Group. Katherine Klosek is director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at...
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New Service Inventory Supports Cost-Recovery Efforts
Research libraries are more than the collections they manage. But, a recent report argues, when outdated perceptions obscure the diverse offerings of today’s libraries, “this disconnect diminishes the library’s impact...
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Working Together to Improve Access to Scholarly Content for People with Disabilities: Elsevier’s Library Connect Interview
I’m pleased to share this interview, “Working Together to Improve Access to Scholarly Content for People with Disabilities,” of me and Simon Holt, Elsevier’s senior head of Content Accessibility, recently...
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US Copyright Register Perlmutter Addresses Law and Policy Issues During Oversight Hearing
This week, Register of Copyrights and Director of the US Copyright Office Shira Perlmutter addressed several law and policy issues relevant to research libraries during a Copyright Office oversight hearing...
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Library Copyright Alliance Testifies Against Pro Codes Act
In a hearing yesterday of the US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet on the Pro Codes Act, Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) counsel Jonathan...
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Research Library Collections and AI
This post is an extended version of a recent lightning talk I gave as part of a private workshop hosted by Alliance for Responsible Data Collection (ARDC). The TL;DR: libraries...
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Library Copyright Alliance Supports WIPO African Group Proposal on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
The Library Copyright Alliance joined a letter to delegates of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in support of the African Group...
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Court Rules in Favor of Public Access to Information
In a win for information advocates and the public, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) was unlikely...
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ARL Champions Federal Support for Social Science Research, Infrastructure
A record number of advocates from 24 US states met with members of Congress during the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) annual Social Science Advocacy Day on March 24....
