The Committee met at Annual on Saturday, June 25th. Topics discussed were:
- The latest headlines and updates on licensing and legislation
Standardizing License Language
- Why reinvent the wheel? Yale has created aLicensingStandardsWebsitewhich should be very useful for anyone looking to keep their license language standardized
Legislation Alert
- Costco v. Omega (Supreme Court 2010)
- 10 StrikesBill – Senate 978
- STM/ARL International ILL Controversy
○ There has already been an official response to theSTMStatementonResourceSharing practices by theAssociationofResearchLibraries (ARL) and theInternationalCoalitionofLibraryConsortia (ICOLC)
○ The group will draft a resolution and submit it to RUSA in support of the ARL response
Committee action items agreed upon include:
- Continue to seek relevant news on legislation and post to ALA Connect
- Create more of a presence for the Committee on ALA Connect
- Stay in contact with the Vendor Relations Committee; talk to the vendors and ask them to attend the meeting to answer questions. Get input from the listserv about concerns and issues, obtain a report from the vendors, discuss within the Committee
- Meet via teleconference more frequently
- Keep constant vigilance over breaking news and post to the ALA Connect page
Joseph Sharpe, Chair
af4939@wayne.edu