ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education administrators and faculty; information technologists and those who depend on networked information; as well as anyone concerned with the future of scholarly communication or information policy developments. Each issue explores a broad range of education topics of particular importance to research institutions and academic librarians. This edition of ARL includes the following articles: (1) Expanding the Public Domain (Jame Boyle and William Neal Reynolds); (2) Cornell University Library and Press Collaborate on "Race, Ethnicity & Religion" Web Site (Kornelia Tancheva); (3) Permanence Levels and the Archives for NLM's[R], Permanent Web Documents (Margaret M. Byrnes); and (4) Seeking a Global Perspective on Scholarly Communication: Contributions from the UK (Karla Hahn). This issue also includes a section on ARL Activities. (Individual articles contain references.)