| Date |
No. |
Topics |
| Jan 3 |
1
|
ALA Position On Fair Use Guidelines In A Digital Information Environment |
| 10 |
2
|
Spectrum Available For New Unlicensed Equipment |
| 14 |
3
|
Blows For Balance In Global Intellectual Property Debate Struck At Geneva Treaty Talks |
| 17 |
4
|
1997 TIIAP Program To Be Announced; Reauthorization Of HEA; Research In Early Reading Instruction; NEH Challenge Grants Special Initiative: Humanities Endowments For Public Libraries |
| 24 |
5
|
Legislative Update 105th Congress; ALA Files Reply Comments On Universal Service Public Notice; ALA Joins Lawsuit Challenging U.S. Archivist |
| [top] 28 |
6
|
1997 TIIAP Grant Application Process; HEA Reauthorization |
| Feb 5 |
7
|
ALA Midwinter Conference "Legislative Update" Agenda |
| 6 |
8
|
President's FY98 Budget Released |
| 7 |
9
|
The President's FY98 Budget, Continued: Library & Related Programs; Clarification Of Yesterday's ALAWON |
| 20 |
10
|
President's Education Initiatives |
| 26 |
11
|
Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Universal Service |
| 27 |
12
|
President Establishes Federal Interagency Working Group On Children's Issues |
| [top] 28 |
13
|
Small Business Innovation Research Program Announced; Special Focus Competition Announced; NAEP Website |
| Mar 7 |
14
|
Senate Commerce Hearing: Keep Telecom Discounts For Libraries & Schools |
| 12 |
15
|
ALA Applauds Congress On Universal Service |
| 17 |
16
|
March 12 Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Discounted Library Rates And The Telecom Act |
| 18 |
17
|
OITP Website Redesign Released |
| 19 |
18
|
Appropriations Update LSTA and ESEA Title VI |
| 21 |
19
|
Hearing On Rural Access To Universal Service |
| 24 |
20
|
Government Secrecy Report Released |
| [top] 26 |
21
|
OERI Announces FY97 Field-Initiated Studies Grant Program |
| Apr 1 |
22
|
National Survey Of Public Libraries And The Internet |
| 7 |
23
|
Government Information Update (Part 1 Of 2): GPO and LC |
| 7 |
24
|
Government Information Update (Part 2 Of 2): FDLP, Access to Public Information |
| 7 |
25
|
Department Of Ed & NSF Establish World Wide Web Accessibility Project |
| 18 |
26
|
Libraries As Internet Access Points; Stand For Children Day |
| 21 |
27
|
Netday; Telecom Discounts For Libraries And Technology; Literacy Challenge Grantees |
| 22 |
28
|
First Lady "Prescribes Reading" For Infants And Toddlers, Urges Library & Health Care Partnerships |
| [top] 29 |
29
|
Next Generation Internet Draft Concept Paper Issued By The Clinton Administration |
| May 2 |
30
|
Discounted Services Ruling Expected |
| 6 |
31
|
FCC Decision On Discounts For Libraries And Schools To Be Broadcast On The Internet |
| 7 |
32
|
ALA Welcomes FCC Decision On Deep Discounts For Libraries, Schools |
| 8 |
33
|
Highlights Of National Library Legislative Day |
| 13 |
34
|
Congress Holds Hearings On Public Access To Government Information |
| 15 |
35
|
ALA Submits Comments On Draft Next Generation Internet Initiative Concept Paper |
| 16 |
36
|
Youth Opportunity, Your Help Is Needed |
| 16 |
37
|
Prelim Analysis Of FCC Decision On Discounted Telecom Rates For Libraries & Schools |
| 20 |
38
|
Library Funding |
| 20 |
39
|
ALA & IRS Discuss Improvements To Public Library Tax Form Distribution Program |
| 22 |
40
|
"America Reads" Legislation Introduced |
| [top] 30 |
41
|
ALA Annual Conf: "Legislative Update" Agenda Announced |
| Jun 4 |
42
|
Videoconference On Telecom Discounts Stresses Need For Involvement From Librarians |
| 4 |
43
|
IMLS To Recruit Library Services Deputy Director |
| 6 |
44
|
ALA Conference Update |
| 6 |
45
|
Conference On Fair Use Joint Statement Released |
| 9 |
46
|
Gore Announces New Connections To High-Speed Network |
| 20 |
47
|
House Subcommittee Will Act On Library Funding |
| 24 |
48
|
LSTA National Leadership Grant Guidelines Published For Comment |
| 29 |
49
|
Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling On CDA |
| 29 |
50
|
ALA Responds To SBC Communications, Inc. Lawsuit On Library/School Discounts |
| [top] 30 |
51
|
ALA Annual Conference Update |
| Jul 9 |
52
|
ESEA Title VI, Innovative Education Program Strategies |
| 11 |
53
|
Urgent Action Needed To Fight SBC'S Legal Attempts To Kill Library Telecom Discounts |
| 12 |
54
|
Appropriations Subcommittee Markup; Juvenile Justice Block Grant Moves To House Floor; USDA/RUS announces availability of grant and loan fund for Distance learning and telemedicine; FCC Releases New FAQ On Universal Service |
| ? |
55
|
ALA Presents New Parent Internet Education Campaign |
| 16 |
56
|
Department Of Education's Draft 1998-2002 Strategic Plan |
| 17 |
57
|
Library Programs Appropriations |
| 22 |
58
|
Senate Amendment To Add Funds For TIIAP Grants |
| 24 |
59
|
White House Meeting Maps A First Amendment Friendly Strategy For The Internet |
| 24 |
60
|
Discounts For Libraries And Schools Update |
| 24 |
61
|
Further Action Taken On Library & Related Funding |
| 25 |
62
|
NEA/NEH Appropriations |
| 25 |
63
|
Congressional Budget-Balancing Gimmick Threatens To Divert Universal Service Funds From Libraries, Schools, And Rural Areas |
| 29 |
64
|
House/Senate Funding Committees Provide Details On LSTA Increases |
| 30 |
65
|
Appropriations Highlights: EL/SEC Education & Reading Program |
| [top] 30 |
66
|
Appropriations Highlights: Higher Education & Other Programs; Budget Agreement Includes Universal Service Fund Gimmick |
| Aug 1 |
67
|
Intellectual Property Proposals Proliferate |
| 1 |
68
|
Budget Agreement Includes Universal Service Fund Gimmick |
| 7 |
69
|
Action Needed On LSTA Funding During August Recess |
| 7 |
70
|
US Postal Service Requests Steep Increase In Library Rate; ALA To Participate In Rate Case |
| 13 |
71
|
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills Passed; Action Needed On FDLP and LC Appropriations; TIIAP Funding For FY98 Restored In Senate; E-Rate Implementation Working Group Report Released |
| 19 |
72
|
White House Launches Millennium Program |
| 21 |
73
|
Department Of Education Announces Rise In Student Numbers |
| 21 |
74
|
Library Supporters Urged To Protest Bellsouth Challenge To Discounted Telecommunications Rates |
| 26 |
75
|
ALA Comments Included In Juvenile Justice Program; Updated Version Of NGI Concept Paper Available; National Digital Library Competition Announced |
| Sep 4 |
76
|
ALA Praises Senator Ashcroft For Introducing Balanced Copyright Legislation |
| 10 |
77
|
ALA & IRS Work Together To Strengthen BPOL Tax Forms Program; U.S. Department Of Education Funds Available To Improve Higher Education Opportunities |
| 12 |
78
|
Distribution Of Funds For Libraries, Schools, And Rural Health Care; Congress Considers FY98 Funding For National Archives And NHPRC |
| 15 |
79
|
Senate Passes Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations; Gorton Amendment Consolidates Ed Programs |
| 19 |
80
|
House Hearings On WIPO Treaty Implementation |
| 24 |
81
|
Librarian Heads Telecom Discount Fund |
| 25 |
82
|
Your Stories Are Needed For The National Internet/Online Summit |
| 25 |
83
|
FY98 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Conferees Appointed |
| 29 |
84
|
FY98 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Update |
| [top] 30 |
85
|
Sen. Bingaman Engineers Additional Funds For Technology Training; Correction to Nos. 83 & 84: $146.3 Million |
| Oct 1 |
86
|
Funding Updates |
| 10 |
87
|
FCC Seeks Comment On Universal Service Order Regarding Serious Problems Dealing With Aggregation On Proposed Forms |
| 17 |
88
|
Libraries And Creativity To Be Spotlighted In Library Of Congress Bicentennial Celebration |
| 23 |
89
|
Report On The Schools And Libraries Corporation Meeting |
| 24 |
90
|
Revised LSTA Grant Guidelines Published |
| [top] 30 |
91
|
Gates Library Foundation Releases Grant Guidelines For Low-Income Libraries |
| Nov 3 |
92
|
LC Bicentennial And Local Projects Through Congress Update; NSF Appropriations Bill Update; House Of Representatives Science Policy Study |
| 4 |
93
|
House Committee Approves Reading Excellence Act |
| 5 |
94
|
Proposed Seventy-Five Day "Window" For Applications For Discounts |
| 7 |
95
|
EdLiNC Coalition Launches Hotline Service To Respond To Questions About The E-Rate |
| 7 |
96
|
FY98 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Update; Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Signed: GPO and LC |
| 10 |
97
|
Postal Rate Commission Denies ALA Request For Stay |
| 10 |
98
|
Congress Completes Action On Library, Education Funding |
| 12 |
99
|
Senate Passes Technical Amendments To LSTA |
| 18 |
100 |
Public Internet Access At Nation's Library Systems Increases Sharply |
| 19 |
101 |
Schools And Libraries Corporation Update |
| 20 |
102 |
Communications Decency Act Successor Introduced |
| 21 |
103 |
ALA Urges Strong Support For Comprehensive New Internet Copyright Bill |
| [top] 26 |
104 |
Updated Universal Service Documents Available From SLC |
| 2 |
105 |
NHPRC Approves Grants Totaling $721,136 For Electronic Records Research Projects |
| 3 |
106 |
LSTA Technical Amendments Enacted; NEH Challenge Grants Program; U.S. Department Of Education OERI Visiting Scholars Program |
| 5 |
107 |
ALA Speaks Out At Internet Summit |
| 8 |
108 |
11th Hour Assaults On Library/School Telecom Discounts |
| 9 |
109 |
FY98 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations |
| 10 |
110 |
ALA/COSLA "E-Rate" Workshop Held; Title IV Federal Work-Study Program Amended |
| 11 |
111 |
Clarification Regarding Universal Service |
| 12 |
112 |
Telecom Discount Application Forms Released by SLC |
| 16 |
113 |
ALA 1998 Midwinter Conference |
| 17 |
114 |
Developments Continue On Universal Service |
| 17 |
115 |
FCC Adjusts Contributions To Universal Service Fund |
| 18 |
116 |
Unfinished Legislation For The Second Session Of The 105th Congress |
| 18 |
117 |
Presidents Of Major Library Associations Issue Joint Appeal For Immediate Congressional Contacts In Support Of Pending Digital Copyright Legislation |
| 18 |
118 |
Sample Letters For Members Of The House Of Representatives And The Senate Re: Request For Cosponsorship Of Critical Copyright Legislation |
| 18 |
119 |
The Boucher-Campbell Bill (H.R. 3048), & The Ashcroft Bill (S. 1146), What Do they Do? Why Does DFC Support Them? |
| 19 |
120 |
Preview Of Universal Service Fund Sessions At ALA Midwinter Conference |
| 31 |
121 |
Universal Service: FCC'S Fourth Order On Reconsideration Released |
1997
