****Begin File******************Begin File*******************Begin File**** *************************************************************************** ALAWON ALA Washington Office Newsline An electronic publication of the American Library Association Washington Office Volume 2, Number 31 July 19, 1993 In this issue: (206 lines) HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES NETWORKING APPLICATIONS BILL ANNOUNCING LC MARVEL EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM LC MARVEL ALAWON BACK ISSUES RENAMED; SELECTED ALA COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE UPCOMING HEARINGS *************************************************************************** HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES NETWORKING APPLICATIONS BILL On June 30, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee approved Rep. Rick Boucher's (D-VA) networking applications bill. It was ordered reported (H.Rept. 103-173) and placed on the Union Calendar on July 13. HR 1757, now called the National Information Infrastructure Act, would define the National Research and Education Network as a program, establish network connections, training, and research programs for schools and libraries, and authorize networking applications in the areas of education, health care, libraries, and government information. On June 30, the ALA Council passed a resolution supporting this bill. *************************************************************************** ANNOUNCING LC MARVEL The following announcement was posted to several lists by the LC MARVEL design team: ------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCING LC MARVEL ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Library of Congress Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library (LC MARVEL) is now available over the Internet. LC MARVEL uses Gopher software and is therefore most easily accessed from another Gopher server or by using a PC-based Gopher client. POINT TO: marvel.loc.gov PORT 70 ( 140.147.2.15 ) Although direct telnet access is available, only 10 simultaneous external connections will be supported initially. We recommend accessing LC MARVEL through other Gopher servers or by using a PC-based Gopher client, because no usage restrictions are imposed. For direct connection, TELNET TO: marvel.loc.gov LOGON AS: marvel ------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of LC MARVEL is to serve as the Campus-Wide Information System for the Library of Congress' staff and additionally to offer service to the U.S. Congress and constituents throughout the world. Although LC MARVEL is still experimental, it is now being made publicly available over the Internet. Please address all comments and reports of any technical problems experienced when using the system to: lcmarvel@seq1.loc.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------- ................................................................... . Library of Congress Machine-Assisted Realization LL . . of the Virtual Electronic Library (LC MARVEL) LL . . LL CCC . . LC MARVEL Design Team LL CC CC . . lcmarvel@seq1.loc.gov LLLLLLL . ...........................................................CC CC... CCC *************************************************************************** EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM LC MARVEL Anyone interested in government information will find a wide variety of material available from LC MARVEL. A quick search turned up the following: Congressional phone and fax numbers Congressional committee assignments Presidential documents White House press releases Supreme Court decisions Text of Clinton Administration's FY93 budget proposal (by section) FCC documents Listing of federal bulletin board systems Articles from the _Library of Congress Information Bulletin_ _Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance_, searchable by keyword _Federal Register_ (excerpts only; full text available only by subscription) Since LC MARVEL is a Gopher system, articles can be mailed directly to your e-mail address. *************************************************************************** ALAWON BACK ISSUES RENAMED SELECTED ALA COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE The back issues of ALAWON available from the listserv have been renamed. The filename for all issues is now ALAWON; the filetype is still the volume and issue number. For example, ALAWON, Volume 2, No. 1 is now called ALAWON 201. ALA Council Documents sponsored by the Committee on Legislation are also available from the listserv. The following text is from the file RES-93 INDEX: In 1993, the ALA Council passed 13 resolutions sponsored by the Committee on Legislation related to federal legislation. The full text of the resolutions can be retrieved by sending a message to listserv@uicvm (Bitnet) or listserv@uicvm.uic.edu (Internet) with the command GET FILENAME FILETYPE in the body of the message. For example, to retrieve the Resolution on GPO appropriations passed during the 1993 Midwinter Conference, send the command GET RES-M93 GPO-APP. Each resolution has its Council Document number at the bottom of the text. Council Document #27.2 was not a resolution and is not in this list. Questions concerning the resolutions can be sent to the ALA Washington Office at alawash@alawash.org. FILENAME FILETYPE Full Title RES-M93 GPO-APP Resolution on GPO appropriations (1992-93 Council Document #27.1) RES-M93 GOV-INFO Resolution on the right to federal government information (1992-93 Council Document #27.3) RES-M93 INT-LIB Resolution on the possible closing of the Natural Resources Library of the Department of the Interior (1992-93 Council Document #27.4) RES-A93 GPOACCES Resolution on Public Law 103-40 Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (1992-93 Council Document #27.5) RES-A93 PTOCDROM Resolution urging the Patent and Trademark Office to provide government information on CD-ROMs to depository libraries (1992-93 Council Document #27.6) RES-A93 UNESCO Resolution urging UNESCO to reconsider recent changes in their depository program (1992-93 Council Document #27.7) RES-A93 CLASINFO Resolution regarding the classification of U.S. Government information (1992-93 Council Document #27.8) RES-A93 DODBENEF Resolution on portability of benefits for non-appropriated fund employees who converted to the civil service system (1992-93 Council Document #27.9) RES-A93 NHPRC Resolution in support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (1992-93 Council Document #27.10) RES-A93 LC-APP Resolution on the restoration of funding for the Library of Congress (1992-93 Council Document #27.11) RES-A93 GPO-APP Resolution on FY94 Government Printing Office appropriations (1992-93 Council Document #27.12) RES-A93 NETAPPS Resolution on networking applications legislation (1992-93 Council Document #27.13) RES-A93 OMB-A130 Resolution on the revision of OMB Circular A-130 (1992- 93 Council Document #27.14) To retrieve the full list of documents available from the ALA Washington Office, send the command GET ALA-WO FILELIST to listserv@uicvm (Bitnet) or listserv@uicvm.uic.edu (Internet). *************************************************************************** UPCOMING HEARINGS The following hearings were announced in the _Congressional Record_ of July 16, 1993. Locations, dates, and times of hearings are subject to change. SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. Markup of several bills, including HR 2348, making appropriations for FY94 for the Legislative Branch. Tuesday, July 20, 1993, 4:00 pm, S-128 Capitol. COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION. Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials. Hearing to mark up HR 2074, to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. Thursday, July 22, 1993, 10:00 am, H-328 Capitol. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** ALAWON is an irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002-5675. Phone: 202-547-4440; Fax: 202-547-7363; Internet: alawash@alawash.org. Editor and List Owner: Fred King (fdk@alawash.org). All or part of ALAWON may be redistributed, with appropriate credits. 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