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Office for Information Technology Policy

1615 New Hampshire Ave NW
First Floor
Washington, DC  20009-2520

Phone: 202-628-8410
Fax: 202-628-8419

Mission

The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) advocates for public policy that supports and encourages the 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.

Responsibilities

OITP 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 information policy for libraries and library users,
  • Educating the ALA community about the implications of information policy, law, and regulation for libraries and library users,
  • Advancing 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.
The fulfillment of this mission implies an array of activities, currently organized into four Programs: Public Access to Information, Networks, America’s Libraries in the 21st Century, and OITP Fellows.

Events

Meeting schedules

Fall E-rate Training
October 29-31, 2008
Crowne Plaza  Dulles Airport, Virginia

OITP Advisory Committee Retreat
November 18-20, 2008
ALA Washington Office