"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011-13 (Charles B. Lowry); (2) The State of Large-Publisher Bundles in 2012 (Karla L. Strieb and Julia C. Blixrud); and (3) Evolving Models of Reference Staffing at the University of Kansas Libraries (Frances Devlin and John Stratton). Individual articles contain endnotes.