ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 91 November 14, 2002 In This Issue: PATRIOT Act Teleconference Registration Still Open Will your librarians have access to the ALA co-sponsored teleconference, Safeguarding Our Patrons' Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs to Know about the USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti- Terrorism Measures on December 11, 2002? It's not too late to register a site to host the teleconference. If you are interested in registering, please visit the teleconference Web site at www.arl.org/patriot/index.html or http://ab.arl.org/patriot/default.html. This teleconference will provide libraries and their governing institutions with an analysis of the implications of the recent anti-terrorism measures. This will include identifying steps that institutions need to take to comply with proper search warrants, subpoenas, and wiretap requests from law enforcement. Panelists ? Tracy Mitrano, Policy Advisor, Director of Computer Law and Policy, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Cornell University; James Neal, Vice President and University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries; Gary Strong, Director, Queens Borough Public Library; Thomas M. Susman, Partner, Ropes & Gray, Washington, D.C. ? will address the key legal issues and policy implications for libraries and address the impact of any legislative and regulatory proposals on the privacy and First Amendment rights of library users. This teleconference is an exciting opportunity to reach out to librarians, legal counsels, library administrators/executives, library governing board members, information technologists, and state networks/consortia staff with answers to questions about the PATRIOT Act, the revised FBI Guidelines, and other Homeland Security measures. It is sponsored by the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, Special Libraries Association. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell, Claudette Tennant. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.