================================================================= ALAWON Volume 5, Number 37 ISSN 1069-7799 June 26, 1996 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (95 lines) LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - AGENDA JULY 6 - 9:30AM-12:30PM JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER, Room. 1 E 7, 8, 9 _________________________________________________________________ The ALA Committee on Legislation invites you to attend the LEGISLATIVE UPDATE at the ALA Annual Conference in New York City on Saturday, July 6, from 9:30am-12:30pm in the Javits Convention Center. The agenda is as follows: American Library Association Committee on Legislation LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Saturday, July 6, 1996 9:30am-12:30pm Javits Convention Center 1 E - 7, 8, 9 AGENDA WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS (9:30am) Patricia Glass Schuman, program moderator and Chairperson of the ALA Committee on Legislation COMMENTS ON AN ELECTION YEAR -- WHAT IS THE LIBRARIAN'S ROLE IN AN ELECTION YEAR? U.S. Representative Major Owens (D-NY) (9:45-10:10am) Hear from the only librarian in Congress about what to look for and the questions to ask as Election Year 96 moves forward. INITIATIVES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (10:10-10:20am) Virginia H. Mathews - Briefing on Children/Youth Initiatives and Greetings from ALA President-Elect Mary Somerville WHAT MAKES HOT TOPICS HOT? (10:20-11:30am) Legislation Committee and Washington Operations staff discuss: What makes "hot" topics hot? How do the Legislation Committee and the Washington Office prioritize? Why are discounted telecommunications rates for libraries so precedent setting? How will it play out in each state, and what can you do? Why do basic library operations depend on copyright law? Including...an Update by Patricia Glass Schuman on the most critical legislative issues at the federal level and how library advocates can get involved with reports from COL subcommittees and staff of the ALA Washington Office: LSTA - Carol C. Henderson Appropriations - Mary Rae Costabile Government Information - Francis Buckley, Government Information Subcommittee chair, and Anne A. Heanue, WO staff Telecommunications - Sharon Hogan, Telecommunications Subcommittee chair, and Lynne E. Bradley, WO staff Intellectual Property - Gary Strong, Intellectual Property Subcommittee chair, and Adam M. Eisgrau, WO staff Featuring a special briefing on WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE DIGITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY DEBATE? by Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights EXPANSION OF ALA'S WASHINGTON PRESENCE (11:30am-11:45am) Year Two - Goal 2000 Carol Henderson, Executive Director, Washington Office Andrew Magpantay, Director, Office for Information Technology Policy NATIONAL NET DAY - HOW TO GET YOUR SCHOOL OR LIBRARY WIRED A representative of National Net Day 96 will describe this volunteer effort, so successful in California in March 1996, now being taken national this fall. (11:45-Noon) COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT - One of the Hottest Topics Special Briefing on the CDA Lawsuit Candace Morgan, Chair, IFC COL member Robert Croneberger's story - "Participating in the Lawsuit" (Noon-12:30pm) _________________________________________________________ ALAWON is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname]" to . ALAWON archives gopher.ala.org; select Washington Office Newsline. Web page HTTP://www.ala.org/alawashington.html. ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) Washington, DC 20004-1701 Lynne E. Bradley, Editor All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================