How Research Libraries Celebrated the 13th Annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!
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The 13th annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week was packed with activities celebrating the fundamental right of fair use, so we thought we’d end the week with some highlights! ARL partnered with Re:Create to host a congressional briefing on AI and fair use. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries hosted a virtual conversation on “User Rights in the Age of Generative AI.” Many libraries held special events and published blog posts to celebrate the week. Read more at FairUseWeek.org. »
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Fair Use Supports Accessibility, but You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It
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Updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II regulations will take effect on April 24, requiring state and local government websites and digital content to meet accessibility standards. As libraries prepare to meet these requirements, questions often arise at the intersection of copyright and disability law. This Fair Use Week, Katherine Klosek explored three ways copyright law facilitates accessibility. Read Katherine’s blog post. »
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What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong
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The bipartisan Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR Act) would require anyone using a training dataset in connection with the training or release of a generative AI model to submit a detailed summary of each copyrighted work in the training dataset to the register of copyrights. The bill’s broad definitions of “generative AI model” and “copyrighted works” will almost certainly cover libraries training and releasing generative AI models for research and educational purposes. Learn more about the CLEAR Act. »
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Memorial: Robin Nelson Downes, 1932–2025
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Robin Downes died at 93 on December 3, 2025, in Houston, Texas. Robin served as director of the University of Houston (UH) Libraries from 1980 until his retirement in 1997. “Robin Downes will be remembered as a steady, visionary leader whose influence helped shape the University of Houston Libraries into the essential academic partner it is today,” said Christina H. Gola 18LFP Fellow, dean of UH Libraries and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Chair. Learn more about Robin’s life and career. »
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(York University Libraries)
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(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
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(University at Buffalo University Libraries)
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(University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville Libraries)
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(UC Davis Library, Cornell University Library, Ohio State University Libraries, University of Michigan Library, and Rutgers University Libraries)
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(NYPL: New York Public Library)
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(Columbia University Libraries via Columbia Daily Spectator)
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(National Geographic Society and Lilly Endowment Inc.)
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(Deloitte Center for Government Insights)
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(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries YouTube channel)
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About the Association of Research Libraries
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit membership organization of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and large public institutions in Canada and the US. ARL champions research libraries and archives, develops visionary leaders, and shapes policy for the equitable advancement of knowledge.
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