From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Thu Sep 16 2004 - 11:45:05 PDT
Message-Id: <a061104a2bd6e242897ba@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:45:05 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: (SF-SLA) Public Policy News September 15, 2004
Hello,
A new feature to the newsletter: those entries
preceded by multiple asterisks ***** indicate an
opportunity for you to make public comments/take
action on the issue.
I was conflicted over including the librarians
for/against Bush in the newsletter. I feel
certain I'll get some criticism for including
them, but I finally decided the sites would be of
greater interest than not, so they're included.
Enjoy, Michele
Government
*********Federal record standards run up flagpole
A White House-led interagency group for
developing information management standards has
released two new draft documents for public
review. They concern how agencies may be required
to handle electronic information in the future.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27129-1.html
IMLS Launches Second Technology and Digitization Survey
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) launched its second survey on the Status
of Technology and Digitization in the Nation's
Museums and Libraries. The first survey,
published in May 2002, established baseline data
that was helpful in clarifying how libraries and
museums use technology and digitization and in
defining their future needs. The goal of the
second survey is to update the baseline data and
capture related information on new developments
and trends.
http://www.imls.gov/reports/techreports/intro02.htm
Accessibility Assessment of 50 U.S. Government Web Pages
This study evaluates the current accessibility of
U.S. Government Web pages for people with
disabilities. Several Federal laws, and
specifically Section 508 of the U.S.
Rehabilitation Act, require Web pages of
government agencies to be accessible to people
with disabilities. This investigation built on
past studies that used the Web accessibility
evaluation tool Bobby to assess various types of
Web sites. The home pages of 50 U.S. government
agencies were reviewed for accessibility based on
Section 508 guidelines. This study establishes
that the U.S. government has not met its
accessibility goals.
<http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_7/ellison/>http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_7/ellison/
Annual Global Survey on E-Government
"The data for our analysis consist of an
assessment of 1,935 national government websites
for the 198 nations around the world...Among the
sites analyzed are those of executive
offices...legislative offices...judicial
offices...Cabinet offices, and major agencies
serving crucial functions of government, such as
health, human services, taxation, education,
interior, economic development, administration,
natural resources, foreign affairs, foreign
investment, transportation, military, tourism,
and business regulation...The most highly ranked
nations include Taiwan, Singapore, United States,
Canada, Monaco, China, Australia, Togo, and
Germany."
http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt04int.html
************GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE IN DOUBT ON
LIBRARY BOND BILL - "FULL COURT PRESS" NEEDED
http://www.cla-net.org/legislation/090204_update.php
Librarians Against Bush
http://www.librariansagainstbush.org/
Librarians For Bush
http://www.librariansforbush.org/
Access/Publishing
********NIH Proposes Free Access For Public to Research Data
The National Institutes of Health has proposed a
major policy change that would require all
scientists who receive funding from the agency to
make the results of their research available to
the public for free. The proposal, posted on the
agency's Web site late Friday is subject to a
60-day public comment period.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64389-2004Sep5.html
NIH Open-Access Plan - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/nihfaq.htm
UCSD, NYU, Five Colleges to Create Archivists' Toolkit
The University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Libraries and New York University (NYU) Libraries
are working together with the Five Colleges
Libraries (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke,
Smith, and University of Massachusetts Amherst)
to create a suite of open source software tools
for processing and managing archival information.
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA452474?display=breakingNews
Freedom of Information
Report on Open Government Laws
A new report prepared for Rep. Henry A. Waxman
"analyzes how the Administration has implemented
each of our nation's major open government laws
(the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the
Presidential Records Act, and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act)."
http://democrats.reform.house.gov/features/secrecy_report/index.asp
Report Card' Finds 60% Rise in Secrecy at a
Rising Cost of $6.5 Billion Last Year
Government data confirm what many have suspected:
secrecy has increased dramatically in recent
years under policies of the current
administration. For every $1 the federal
government spent last year releasing old secrets,
it spent an extraordinary $120 maintaining the
secrets already on the books, according to an
analysis by OpenTheGovernment.org.
http://www.openthegovernment.org/article/articleview/81/1/68/?TopicID=
Don't Mess With Librarians
Jessamyn West is a 36-year-old librarian living
in central Vermont. But she's not your
stereotypical bespectacled research maven toiling
behind a reference desk and offering expert
advice on microfiche. She's a "radical librarian"
who has embraced the hacker credo that
"information wants to be free." As a result, West
and many of her colleagues are on the front lines
in battling the USA Patriot Act.
http://wired.com/news/print/0,1294,64945,00.html
Public denied online access to British Library's archive
The Library says copyright laws will stop it
providing widespread access and the same fate
awaits its archive of printed material, which
it's slowly digitising.
http://www.newmediazero.com/nma/story.asp?id=249412
Digital Rights
Collection of last resort
Government Printing Office officials have held
preliminary discussions with librarians about
creating a backup library to supplement federal
depository library collections. GPO officials
describe the new concept as a "collection of last
resort."
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0830/pol-collect-08-30-04.asp
Interagency Gov't Report on Copyright
The FAQ is focused on issues relating to copyright in a government setting.
http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/publications/04-8copyright.html#43
Making Šopyright Work For Your Library
Free! Live Satellite Broadcast
Brought to you byThe American Library
Association, Office for Information Technology
Policy, andNILRC: Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges
Register Free Online at
http://www.maildogmanager.com/page.html?p=0000015Fu8vh8y400tO2+f+X0ODWmn
Guide to Copyright Compliance
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has created a
Web-based resource called "The Guide to Copyright
Compliance." The interactive guide, developed
specially for business professionals who
frequently use copyright-protected materials in
their day-to-day activities, assists companies in
implementing corporate-wide best practices for
achieving copyright compliance. The guide also
helps organizations to educate employees on how
to lawfully use the content required to do their
jobs. Users need to register to access this free
service. Go to:
<http://www.copyright.com/Services/CorporateGuide>http://www.copyright.com/Services/CorporateGuide.
New Induce Act Proposal Is a Bad Idea
Today, the Copyright Office provided the Senate
Judiciary Committee with recommended language
meant to replace Senator Orrin Hatch's "Induce
Act," S. 2560.
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_09.php#001899
SLA Advocacy
September 10, 2004
Library Associations Support H.R. 4755
SLA, ARL, AALL, ALA, and MLA sent a joint letter
in support of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 (H.R. 4755). H.R. 4755
provides the U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO) funding for 16 new positions, which are
very specialized and targeted to meet specific
needs of the depository library community and the
public. Each participating federal depository
library makes significant investments to ensure
that the public has effective access to
government information.
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/advocacy/otherinitatives.cfm
August 31 , 2004
Library Associations Support to NIH-funded Manuscripts
SLA, ARL, AALL, ALA, and MLA sent a joint letter
to Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, in support of the
NIH proposal to provide freely available online
access to NIH-funded manuscripts via
PubMedCentral.
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/advocacy/otherinitatives.cfm
August 25, 2004
Library Organizations Comment on GPO's Planning
Document for the Collection of Last Resort
CRL SLA, ARL, AALL, and ALA sent a joint letter
in support of Government Printing Office's
proposed Collection of Last Resort (CLR), and
provided comments on the GPO's planning document
for the CLR. The letter addressed: " First, the
assurance that over time there will be a trusted
means to effectively access federal information
resources is critically important and long
overdue. Secondly, this will greatly expand
access to federal information to the public and
libraries alike. Third, GPO's collaboration with
other agencies, institutions, and partners such
as NARA, members of the FDL community and beyond
is key to the success of this initiative. And
finally, this plan presents new opportunities for
libraries to more effectively manage their
federal depository library collections.."
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/advocacy/otherinitatives.cfm
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MM**
-- Michele McGinnis, MSIS Research Librarian to Kevin Kelly149 Amapola Pacifica, CA 94044 650-355-7676 650-359-9701 fax
mm@kk.org www.kk.org
"They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man." --Michael Moore on librarians
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
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