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                                                             ISSN 1069-7799
                                  ALAWON
                      ALA Washington Office Newsline
                     An electronic publication of the
              American Library Association Washington Office

                            Volume 3, Number 46
                             September 1, 1994

   In this issue: (85 lines)
     POSTAL REGULATION FOR THIRD-CLASS DELAYED
     NEH REFERENCE MATERIALS GRANT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE

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                 POSTAL REGULATION FOR THIRD-CLASS DELAYED

The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it will delay indefinitely
implementation of its final rule on third-class nonprofit eligibility. 
Published on May 5 in the _Federal Register_ and originally scheduled to go
into effect September 4, the rule would have imposed new restrictions on
the advertisements and products mailable at special bulk nonprofit third-
class postal rates.  The notice delaying implementation of the rule was
published in the August 5 _Federal Register_, p. 39967.  

An amendment in the Senate version of H.R. 4539, the appropriations  bill
that includes postal funding, would allow third-class nonprofit
publications to accept advertising and retain nonprofit rate eligibility. 
The outcome of this amendment, offered by Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ),
will be determined by a House-Senate conference on the funding bill.  The
House-passed H.R. 4539 does not include such an amendment.  The Alliance of
Nonprofit Mailers, a coalition to which ALA belongs, had indicated that
regardless of the outcome of the DeConcini amendment, the earliest the
delayed rule would go into effect is 120 days after the conclusion of
events in Congress.  This is likely to push the date back to at least
January 1, 1995.

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            NEH REFERENCE MATERIALS GRANT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE

The National Endowment for the Humanities Reference Materials Program
supports projects to prepare reference works that will improve access to
information and resources.  Support is available for the creation of
scholarly tools for the advancement of research or for general reference
purposes.  Some examples would be dictionaries, historical or linguistic
atlases, encyclopedias, reference grammars, databases, and textbases. 
Grant funding is also available for projects that result in scholarly
guides that allow researchers to determine the usefulness of specific
materials for their work.  Projects such as bibliographies, bibliographic
databases, catalogs, indexes, union lists, and other guides to materials in
the humanities are eligible for support.  In both areas, tools and guides,
funding is available for projects that address important issues related to
the design or accessibility of reference works.  The application deadline
is SEPTEMBER 15 for projects beginning after July 1, 1995.  For additional
information, contact the NEH Reference Materials Program, Room 318,
Washington, D.C. 20506; 202-606-8358.

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