"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a quarterly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues (Peter B. Hirtle, Anne R. Kenney, and Judy Ruttenberg); (2) Model Deed of Gift; (3) Model Deed of Gift, including Mixed IP Rights; (4) Model Digitization Agreement; (5) Copyright Risk Management: Principles and Strategies for Large-Scale Digitization Projects in Special Collections (Kevin L. Smith). Regular features include News and ARL Calendar. Individual articles contain endnotes.