From: Deborah Jakubs <jakubs_at_acpub.duke.edu>
Below you will find the report from ARL as background for the January
meeting. We will be happy to answer any questions or provide additional
information. --Deborah Jakubs and Mary Case
Report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Meeting of Chief Collection Development Officers
American Library Association, January 10, 1998
New Focus within ARL's Research Collections Committee on Special Collections
ARL's Research Collections Committee agreed at their October 1997
meeting to add the topic of special collections to their agenda for the
coming year. Among the issues to be explored are: the high costs and
relatively low use of special collections; the efforts to digitize unique
materials and otherwise publicize these rich collections; collection
policies as applied to special collections; and the often idiosyncratic
nature of these collections. Plans are underway to conduct a SPEC survey
on this subject.
AAU/ARL Global Resources Program
(http://arl.cni.org/collect/grp/index.html)
AAU and ARL have formed an Advisory Board for the Global Resources
Program, which held its initial meeting in October 1997. The Board will
facilitate the implementation of Program activities and assist in
determining the direction of new initiatives designed to expand access to
international research materials. Members are: Betty Bengtson, Director
of University Libraries, University of Washington, and Chair; Myles
Brand, President, Indiana University; Jonathan Cole, Provost, Columbia
University; Joe Hewitt (ex officio), Associate Provost for University
Libraries, University of North Carolina, and Chair, ARL Research
Collections Committee; Deborah Jakubs (ARL), Head, International and Area
Studies, Duke University Libraries; Stanley Katz, Professor, Princeton
University; Hwa-Wei Lee, Dean of University Libraries, Ohio University;
Carole Moore, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto; Suzanne Thorin, Dean
of Libraries, Indiana University; John Vaughn (ex officio), Executive Vice
President, Association of American Universities (AAU); and David Wiley,
Professor, Michigan State University, and Co-Chair, Council of Title VI
National Resource Center Directors.
The three original Global Resources projects, on Latin America, \
Japan, and Germany, have been supplemented by "The Digital South Asia
Library: A Pilot Project," directed by Jim Nye at the University of Chicago
and David Magier at Columbia University. Proposals are also being
developed for projects on Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
The Future of Area Librarianship
The Global Resources Program also includes the promotion of new
approaches to recruiting and training area specialist librarians. ARL has
participated in meetings sponsored by Indiana University to determine the
capabilities that area librarians will need in the future, and to design
new means of attracting people with a strong grounding in area studies to
careers in research librarianship. Collaboration with the Library of
Congress in this area is also underway.
Licensing Workshops
ARL sponsored two licensing workshops this fall. The workshops are
presented by Trisha Davis, Ohio State University Libraries, Karen Hersey,
MIT, and Mary Case, ARL, and cover the legal foundations of licensing,
license terms and language, negotiation, and license management. The
workshops have been very well received by participants. Workshops in 1998
will be held in Los Angeles on February 12-13, and in Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, on March 19-20, and additional workshops are being planned for
the future.
Licensing Principles
The Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources have now been
endorsed by seven North America-based library associations--ALA, ARL, AALL,
MLA, SLA, AAHSL, and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. The
Final Draft, dated July 15, 1997, is open for comment until Spring 1998
when a final version will be prepared. The Principles have been submitted
to IFLA for consideration by a new IFLA Copyright Committee. Printed
versions of the principles can be obtained from the sponsoring
organizations. The Principles can be found on the Web at
<http://www.arl.org/scomm/licensing/principles.html>. A comment form is
included on the Web site.
Conference on the Specialized Scholarly Monograph
The Conference on the Specialized Scholarly Monograph in Crisis
attracted about 150 university and scholarly society publishers,
librarians, faculty, and administrators to Washington in September.
Nineteen speakers addressed the fate of the specialized monograph from a
variety of perspectives. Discussion was lively, since opinions on many of
the issues varied widely. The conference proceedings are available on
the Web <http://www.arl.org/scomm/epub/program.html> and will be published
in print in spring 1998. ACLS, AAUP and ARL have agreed to sponsor
another conference in March of 1999, and are forming a Program Planning
Committee.
Proposal Addresses the Endangered Monograph
The American Historical Association and ARL are exploring the
feasibility of an electronic repository to support the dissemination and
use of scholarly works in historical studies. An initial proposal was
discussed by some 25 participants representing university presses,
libraries, and scholarly societies during a meeting held in conjunction
with the Conference on the Specialized Scholarly Monograph. A revised
proposal was then reviewed by the ARL Scholarly Communication Committee in
October, and is being further refined.
Pew Higher Education Roundtable
Thirty key members of the academic community met in Baltimore on
November 13 and 14 for a Pew Higher Education Roundtable on how the
academic community can take steps to manage its own intellectual property
in more cost-effective ways. The event was convened by ARL, AAU, and the
Pew Higher Education Roundtable. Funding was provided by the Gladys Krieble
Delmas Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Pew Charitable
Trusts. A report of the discussions will be published in an issue of
Policy Perspectives due in March 1998.
SPARC
SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition, is
an ARL partnership project whose mission is to be a catalyst for change
through the creation of a more competitive marketplace for research
information. In October, the ARL Board formalized SPARC as a project of
the ARL Office of Scholarly Communication. An official working group is
being formed, and is charged with further development of the SPARC
concept. This will involve developing a business plan and action agenda to
support establishment of at least five alternative publishing ventures in
the next twelve months.
For information about ARL's Collections Program: jakubs_at_acpub.duke.edu
For information about ARL's Office of Scholarly Communication:
marycase_at_arl.org
Deborah Jakubs
Head, International and Area Studies Director, Global Resources Program
021 Perkins Library Association of Research Libraries
Box 90195 21 Dupont Circle
Duke University Washington, DC 20036
Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919/660-5846 Phone: 202/296-2296
Fax: 919/684-2855 Fax: 202/872-0884
E-mail: jakubs_at_acpub.duke.edu
Received on Wed Dec 24 1997 - 08:45:19 EST