Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)
Last Update: January 22, 2007
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Telecommunications
- From August 28-30, OITP hosted a meeting on Telecommunications Policy and Libraries.
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About Us
OITP advances ALA’s public policy activities by helping secure information technology policies that support and encourage efforts of libraries to ensure access to electronic information resources as a means of upholding the public’s right to a free and open information society. It works to ensure a library voice in information policy debates and to promote full and equitable intellectual participation by the public by:
- Conducting research and analysis aimed at understanding the implications of information technology and policies for libraries and library users,
- Educating the ALA community about the implications of information policy, law, and regulation for libraries and library users,
- Advocating ALA’s information policy interests in non-legislative government policy forums, and
- Engaging in strategic outlook to anticipate technological change, particularly as it presents policy challenges to libraries and library users.
(from the OITP Advisory Committee Charge)
OITP Committees
- OITP Advisory Committee 2007 (PDF)
- Copyright Advisory Subcommittee
- Telecommunications Policy Subcommittee 2007 (PDF)
- E-rate Task Force 2007 (PDF)
- Task Force on Digitization Policy