ARL: A Bimonthly Newsletter of Research Library Issues and Actions, 1999.

This document consists of six issues of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) newsletter, covering the year 1999. Each issue includes some of the following sections: "Current Issues"; reports from SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Coalition for Networked Information, Office of Leadership & Management Services, and Office of Scholarly Communication; "Diversity"; "Access Services"; "Statistics & Measurement"; "Federal Relations"; "ARL Activities"; and a calendar of events. "Current Issues" articles cover: provosts' solutions to the journals crisis; what the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Term Extension Act mean for the library and education community; distance education and the copyright law; measuring the cost effectiveness of journals; and the impact of publisher mergers on journal prices. One special issue (October 1999) focuses on the AAU (Association of American Universities)/ARL Global Resources Program. (MES)