The 2013 ACRL Legislative Agenda focuses on three issues that the U.S. Congress has recently taken, or will most likely take action on in the year ahead:

• First sale doctrine
• Public access to federally funded research
• Federal funding for libraries

New this year, the agenda includes a watch list of policy issues of great concern to academic librarians. Legislation on these issues is not likely to arise and, moreover, ACRL does not believe that any legislation about these issues is necessary.

Issues on the watch list are:

• Government information
• Safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Orphan works/section 108
• Fair use

ACRL will continue tracking these issues and advocate for the best interests of academic and research libraries, if necessary. Read the complete legislative agenda for more details.