================================================================= ALAWON Volume 6, Number 41 ISSN 1069-7799 May 30, 1997 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (95 lines) ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALERT: "LEGISLATIVE UPDATE" AGENDA ANNOUNCED _________________________________________________________________ ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALERT: "LEGISLATIVE UPDATE" AGENDA ANNOUNCED Library advocates are encouraged to attend the 1997 ALA Legislative Update on Saturday, June 28 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Moscone Convention Center, Room 131, during ALA Annual Conference. Come hear about the status of critical legislative issues important to the library community including the latest on the Administration's proposed FY98 budget and library telecommunications discounts. This year's Legislative Update consists of three main sections: 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Library & related programs & funding 10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Next Generation Internet 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. How to get your library telecommunications discounts A detailed agenda follows: 1997 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Legislative Update Sponsored by ALA Committee on Legislation Saturday, June 28, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Moscone Convention Center, Room 131 San Francisco, California Moderator: Patricia Glass Schuman, Chair, Committee on Legislation 9:30-10:30 a.m. LIBRARY & RELATED PROGRAMS & FUNDING Diane Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum & Library Services Toward the First Year of the Library Services and Technology Act Carol Rasco, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, and Director, America Reads Challenge, U.S. Department of Education The America Reads Challenge Initiative and Libraries Carol Henderson and other ALA Washington Office staff Brief Updates on Hot Legislative Issues 10:30-10:50 a.m. NEXT GENERATION INTERNET Frederick W. Weingarten, ALA Washington Office Senior Policy Fellow What the New Internet Means for Libraries 10:50-11:00 a.m. - Break 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. HOW TO GET YOUR LIBRARY TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISCOUNTS Andrew Magpantay, Director, ALA Office for Information Technology Policy review of FCC universal service decision on telecommunications discounts Speakers from federal & state regulatory levels Opportunity for questions and answers on how to apply for discounts, state level activities, coalition building _________________________________________________________________ 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. =================================================================