Library and Archive Organizations Including ACRL, ALA, ARL, and SAA File Amicus Brief Promoting Digital Preservation
From an infojustice.org Blog Post by Jonathan Band:
Organizations representing libraries and archives filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Allen v. Cooper, a case concerning the constitutionality of a statute that seeks to limit the sovereign immunity of state governments against claims for copyright infringement. The amicus brief focuses on the negative impact the elimination of sovereign immunity would have on digital preservation.
Read the Complete Blog Post and the Amicus Brief
Organizations Filing Brief
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Society of American Archivists (SAA)
- Software Preservation Network
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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