Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published issue 273 of Research Library Issues ( RLI ) , which focuses on several critical public policy issues of importance to the research library community.

This issue of RLI features articles on net neutrality, fair use, and open access to federally funded research. Guest editor, Prudence Adler, sets the stage for these articles as she describes how these issues are inextricably linked to one another.

The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:

Three Key Public Policies for Research Libraries: Net Neutrality, Fair Use, Open and Public Access
Prudence S. Adler, Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, ARL
The Importance of Net Neutrality to Research Libraries in the Digital Age
Kristen Riccard, Law and Policy Fellow, ARL
Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, ARL
Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Contributions to Economic Development, Competitiveness, and Innovation
Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
News and Calendar

Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC , no. 273 (December 2010) is freely available on the web at http://publications.arl.org/rli273/ .

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/ .

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