ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 9, Number 7
February 9, 2000

In this issue:

Don't Delay! Sign up for the Online Copyright Tutorial Today!

There's still time to sign up for the Online Copyright Tutorial 
that begins next week. To date, more than 4,000 ALA and non-ALA 
members have signed up to learn the "basics" of copyright at a 
friendly and instructive pace.

The tutorial, the first project of ALA's Copyright Education 
program, is designed for librarians (public, school, academic, 
etc.), educators and researchers.  It is free for all ALA members; 
for non-ALA members the cost is $25.00 (see below for more 
details). 

Approximately three e-mail messages per week over a ten-week 
period (about 35 messages overall) will be sent beginning the week 
of February 14.  The tutorial will run through the week of May 5, 
2000. For more information, see the January 13 ALAWON at 
http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn9002.html. 

If you haven't already, do take advantage of this educational  
opportunity by subscribing to the Online Copyright Tutorial e-mail 
list. To subscribe: 

1. Send an e-mail message to listproc@.ala.org  
2. In the body of e-mail message type:
subscribe tutorial YourFirstName YourLastName 
3. Send

Non-ALA members can participate by sending their full name, 
daytime phone number and e-mail address to Jennifer Hendrix 
(jhendrix@alawash.org).  She will sign you up to ensure you are 
included on the tutorial list. Then, non-ALA members should mail a 
$25.00 check or purchase order payable to the American Library 
Association. (We regret we cannot accept credit cards.)  Please 
send payment to:

American Library Association
Office for Information Technology Policy
Attn: Copyright Tutorial
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 403
Washington, D.C. 20004-1701

All subscribers will receive confirmation that their name and e-
mail address have been included in the tutorial list. 

For more information about ALA's Copyright Education Program, 
contact Carrie Russell, OITP copyright specialist, at 
1.800.941.8478, or e-mail: copyright@alawash.org.

******
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; Editor: Deirdre Herman. Office of Government Relations: 
Lynne Bradley, Director; Mary Costabile, Peter Kaplan, Miriam 
Nisbet and Claudette Tennant. Office for Information Technology 
Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie 
Russell and Saundra Shirley.