================================================================= ALAWON Volume 6, Number 7 ISSN 1069-7799 February 5,1997 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (131 lines) ALA MIDWINTER CONFERENCE ALERT: "LEGISLATIVE UPDATE" AGENDA ANNOUNCED BY ALA COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION _________________________________________________________________ Library advocates are encouraged to attend the ALA Legislative Update on Saturday, February 15 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center, Room 30, during ALA Midwinter Conference. Come hear about the status of critical legislative issues of importance to the library community including the latest on the Administration's proposed budget for FY98. This year's Legislative Update consists of four main sections: 1) Discounted Telecommunications Rates; Universal Service from 8:10-9:45 a.m., 2) Information Sharing and Discussion of Related Library-Technology Advocacy from 9:45 - 10:15 a.m., 3) Other Technology Policy Issues from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 4) Federal Agency Special Guests on LSTA, Humanities, etc., from 11:30 - 12:30 a.m. A detailed agenda follows: _________________________________________________________________ ALA COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Patricia Glass Schuman, Chair Saturday, February 15, 1997 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Washington Convention Center Room 30 AGENDA 8:00 a.m. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Sharon Hogan, Chair, COL Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications DISCOUNTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RATE; Universal Service Organized by COL/Chapter Relations Committee/OITP/LISAN (8:10-9:45 a.m.) 8:10 - 8:15 a.m. Introduction by Glenn Miller, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Library Association and ALA Chapter Relations Committee 8:15 - 8:35 a.m. State Utility Commissions and Proceedings - Debra Kriete, Legal Counsel, Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission and key state staff person to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service 8:35 - 9:10 a.m. State Experiences: why and how advocates should be involved in state regulatory proceedings: An overview of the types of activities, resources and issues involved with library advocate and state library association participation in regulatory proceedings. Florida State Library - Charles Parker; Pennsylvania Library Association - Glenn Miller and other state advocates; ALA Office of Information Technology Policy - Andrew Magpantay. Moderated by Sharon Hogan, Director of the University of Illinois, Chicago Libraries. 9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Federal-State Joint Board recommendations - Julia Johnson, Chairman, Florida Public Service Commission and member of the FCC Federal-State Joint Board. The Vision - The Opportunity 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Discussion and questions between state regulators, panelists and audience. Moderated by Sharon Hogan and Glenn Miller. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCUSSION OF RELATED LIBRARY-TECHNOLOGYADVOCACY: Opportunity to share and discuss issues and success stories with library advocates on library/technology issues; include members of the LISAN Network and state library associations. Moderated by Nancy Roderer, Director, Yale Medical Library, and Chair, LISAN Steering Committee (9:45 - 10:15 a.m.) 10:15 - 10:30 a..m. BREAK 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. OTHER TECHNOLOGY POLICY ISSUES Copyright, Internet, Next Generation Internet, Government Information. Organized by OITP/LISAN. Moderated by Nancy Roderer, Director, Yale Medical Library, and Chair, LISAN Steering Committee Jill Lesser, Deputy Director, Law & Public Policy, America on Line; Adam Eisgrau, Legislative Counsel, ALA Washington Office; Rick Weingarten, Senior Policy Fellow, ALA Washington Office. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. FEDERAL AGENCY SPECIAL GUESTS *LSTA - Diane Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum & Library Services. *Technology Grants To Schools - Tom Fagan, Director, Technology Literacy Challenge Fund, Department of Education. *Humanities & Libraries - Marna Madsen, Special Assistant to the Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities *FY98 Administration Budget Request and Implications for Libraries - Carol Henderson, Executive Director, ALA Washington Office _________________________________________________________________ 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 listproc @ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. Visit our Web site at http://www.alawash.org. ALA Washington Office 202.628.8410 (V) 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403 202.628.8419 (F) Washington, DC 20004-1701 800.941.8478 (V) Lynne E. Bradley, Editor Deirdre Herman, Managing Editor Contributors: Carol C. Henderson All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================