ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 45
May 29, 2001

In this issue:

	In April, more than 40 representatives from 22 ALA divisions, 
committees, round tables, and sister organizations met to revisit 
the Principles for the Development of the National Information 
Infrastructure.  The 1993 Principles document was designed to 
guide libraries in the significant policy reassessments 
necessitated by major advances in telecommunications and 
technology. 

The result of the intensive two-day workshop in Skokie, Illinois 
is a draft of a new document, Library Principles for the Networked 
World.  This document will provide a framework for addressing 
information technology policies that will best serve libraries and 
their users in the future.  It is hoped that this document will 
also be an important tool for library advocacy at the local, state 
and national levels.

We need your help!  
Your feedback and input are essential to ensure that Library 
Principles for the Networked World will accurately reflect the 
perspectives of the library community and be useful to librarians, 
policy makers and government officials.  Please review the draft 
principles at the OITP Web site, 
http://www.ala.org/oitp/prinintro.html, and submit feedback by 
following the simple instructions on the "How to Comment" page 
(http://www.ala.org/oitp/comment.html).  We really want to hear 
from you.

Please direct all comments and questions to oitp@alawash.org.  And 
don't forget to attend the public hearing on the Draft Principles 
at ALA Annual Conference: Saturday, June 16, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., 
Moscone Center room 270-276. 

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