New Releases from ARL

• Manuscript Collections on the Web, SPEC Kit 307 – surveys ARL libraries' current efforts to provide information about their manuscript collections online. The table of contents and executive summary from this SPEC Kit are available online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec307web.pdf. A print copy is in the collection.
• The Google Library Project Settlement: ARL and ALA Release Guide for Libraries -- The guide is designed to help the library community better understand the terms and conditions of the recent settlement agreement between Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers concerning Google's scanning of copyrighted works. Band notes that the settlement is extremely complex and presents significant challenges and opportunities to libraries. The guide outlines and simplifies the settlement's provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly to libraries. http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/google/.
• Current Models of Digital Scholarly Communication – final report of an investigation into the range of online resources valued by scholars, paying special attention to those projects that are pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional formats and are considered innovative by the faculty who use them. The report is freely available on the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/current-models-report.pdf. Search the database at http://www.arl.org/sc/models/model-pubs/search-form.shtml.
• E-News for ARL Directors, November 6, 2008 -- http://www.arl.org/news/enews/enews-nov08.shtml#1
• Reinventing Science Librarianship: Proceedings from the ARL/CNI Forum, Oct. 16-17, 2008 – Presentation audio and slides are now online from the recent forum on "Reinventing Science Librarianship: Models for the Future." Leaders of research libraries and campus IT services gathered in Arlington, Virginia, October 16-17, 2008, to discuss trends in scientific research and the development of new library roles responsive to those trends.