================================================================= ALAWON Volume 6, Number 88 ISSN 1069-7799 October 17, 1997 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (114 lines) -LIBRARIES AND CREATIVITY TO BE SPOTLIGHTED IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION -TIIAP UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO TEN MORE FY97 RECIPIENTS -OERI TO AWARD FELLOWSHIPS TO LIBRARIANS, SCHOLARS _________________________________________________________________ LIBRARIES AND CREATIVITY TO BE SPOTLIGHTED IN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION In a press conference on October 6, the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington presented preliminary plans and a logo for the commemoration of the Library's Bicentennial in the year 2000. The logo features the interior dome of the Library's famous Main Reading Room and the theme "Libraries, Creativity, Liberty." John Y. Cole, the Library's Bicentennial project director and director of the Center for the Book, said "Libraries are important educational institutions and a natural link between learning and liberty; this is their celebration too." The goal of the Bicentennial commemoration is "to inspire creativity in the century ahead by stimulating greater use of libraries and other avenues of learning everywhere." ALA President Barbara Ford said, "With such a grand launch, the bicentennial of the Library of Congress in 2000 should provide a wonderful beginning to the new century," ALA Washington Office Executive Director Carol Henderson also spoke at the press conference. Henderson noted that ALA will be partnering with the Library of Congress in Bicentennial and related projects. The Bicentennial projects will be privately funded, with substantial support from the James Madison Council. The Madison Council was established in 1990 to help the Library share its unique resources with the nation and the world. Libraries of all kinds and sizes are invited to participate in the Bicentennial Commemoration of the Library of Congress. For more information visit http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial. _________________________________________________________________ TIIAP UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO TEN MORE FY97 RECIPIENTS We have since learned from the Department of Commerce that ten additional libraries received grants in this year's FY97 Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (ALAWON v6, n86, October 1, 1997). These libraries are involved in partnerships with the following organizations: -Arkansas Educational Television Commission, Conway, AR -Parker Fire Protection District, Parker, CO -University of Illinois, Urbana, IL -Kentucky Rural Telecommunications Center, Inc., Elizabethtown, KY -Wayne Community Schools, Wayne, NE -New Hampshire Community Technical College System, Concord, NH -Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, OR -Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX -Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA -University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY The Commerce Department has not yet received its appropriation for FY98. After the appropriation is enacted and the FY98 funding level is determined, NTIA will announce the Notice and rules for the 1998 TIIAP competition in the Federal Register and on the TIIAP website. To request a copy of the Notice mailed, along with the necessary forms and guidelines for preparing applications, send an e-mail request to tiiap@ntia.doc.gov or visit www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/tiiap/index.html. _________________________________________________________________ OERI TO AWARD FELLOWSHIPS TO LIBRARIANS, SCHOLARS The US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) is conducting a national competition to award 1-2 fellowships for each of the five OERI institutes to librarians, scholars, researchers, policymakers, statisticians, practitioners, etc. who are engaged in the use, collection, and dissemination of information about education and educational research. Fellowships may be held from 9 to 18 months. Stipends and other costs will be paid by this program. The deadline for applications is January 5th. The program announcement and application materials are available at http://fellowships.nas.edu. _________________________________________________________________ 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. To unsubscribe, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo 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 Mary Costabile All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================