ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 16 February 28, 2003 In This Issue: TEACH Act and Technological Requirements: New Online Resource; "Privacy 101 for Librarians" [1] TEACH Act and Technological Requirements: New Online Resource ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy has published a white paper to provide initial guidance on the technological requirements of the TEACH Act for Distance Education. The paper is available at www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html and outlines the various considerations regarding technology that must be taken into account by institutions intending to rely on TEACH in their distance education activities. As with all copyright law, each institution must assess its own needs, values, and determine its own legal interpretations in order to develop its own policies. This paper provides guidance and background information for that deliberation. The paper is a joint effort of EDUCAUSE, the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and is based on TEACH legislation including House and Senate Reports, surveys of the literature, discussions with legal and technical experts and a workshop held in December 2002. [2] "Privacy 101 for Librarians" Please forgive cross-posting* Here's another educational service from ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy. Read on! It's FREE. "Privacy 101 for Librarians" March 3 through May 5, 2003 OITP will host an online e-mail tutorial on privacy. Similar in format to the successful copyright, UCITA and licensing tutorials offered in past years, the privacy tutorial will cover privacy basics for library professionals in 20-25 brief, but informative messages written by Leslie Harris, experienced lawyer, lobbyist and public policy strategist in Washington, D.C. Leslie is founder and president of Leslie Harris & Associates, and has been a long-standing partner with ALA in defending civil liberties and protecting library patron privacy. The tutorial will address privacy expectations of library patrons and practical ways to meet them; legal protections for library records and their limitations; how technology has changed the way libraries must address privacy; and privacy audits. The tutorial course is FREE to ALA members, and only $25 for non-ALA members. Signing up is easy. 1. Send an e-mail message to: listproc@ala.org 2. Leave the subject line blank. 3. In the body of the email type: subscribe privacytut YourFirstName YourLastName (example: subscribe privacytut John Doe) After subscribing, you should receive an automated welcome message. On March 3rd, you will receive your first e-mail tutorial message on privacy and libraries. You can read your messages when they arrive, save them for later, or print them out, but we recommend reading the messages in the order that they are received. Please note the email tutorial is one-way communication. You will not be able to post to a discussion list. Non-ALA members can also receive the tutorial by sending a $25 check or money order made out to the American Library Association. Please include your e-mail address with your check so we can subscribe you. Send the check to: American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 403 Washington, DC 20004 Attn: Kathy Mitchell For more information, contact Kathy Mitchell at kmitchell@alawash.org or Chiffonya Brown at cbrown@alawash.org or call ALA's Washington Office, (800)941-8478. ****** 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.