• Promote language for inclusion in library license agreements that will enable flexible reuse of any scholarly content created by authors affiliated with the institution. • Advance appropriate collective membership action in the marketplace. • Promoting Policies and Practices that Support Innovation and Enduring Access • Support legislation and executive action to promote public access to federally funded research. • Examine library options to support at-risk print journals. • Accelerate contacts between university presses and research libraries and foster opportunities for collaborations. • Advocate for policies and strategies that enable reform of the Federal Depository Library Program. • Promote the development of expertise in data curation in research libraries. • Clarifying Strategies to Reconfigure Research Library Organizations and Services • Articulate visions for the 21st-century research library and define elements for describing their value and contributions in support of research and scholarship. • Promote new models for preservation, management, and access to monographs, for both existing print collections and e-books, including national strategies that foster efficient use of the numerous storage facilities managed by members. • Advance collaborative/coordinated efforts among ARL members in the management and preservation of digital special collections. • Strengthen linkages between diversity recruitment strategies and ARL’s succession planning program for research library director positions. RLI 268 8 Themes within the ARL Strategic Plan 2010–2012 ( C O N T I N U E D ) FEBRUARY 2010 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A BIMONTHLY REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC