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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:48:43 -0500
From: [log in to unmask] (David Green)
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Subject: Online Seminar: Schools, Libraries & Universal Service
>From the Benton Foundation:
>Subject: Online Seminar: Schools, Libraries & Universal Service
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> $1 Billion For Schools at Stake In On-line Seminar
>
>
>Invest your time... Invest in education... Through your participation
>schools and libraries stand to gain $1 billion annually from a Universal
>Service fund established by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
>
>Join the Information Renaissance in an on-line seminar on the provisions
>of the Telecommunications Act which deal with Universal Service for
>schools and libraries. Participants will include teachers, librarians,
>school administrators, Federal Communications Commission staff and
>people from the business community.
>
>FCC staff is working to meet a November deadline for implementation of
>the Telecom Act 0f 1996. Results of the seminar discussion will be sent
>to the FCC for use in their decision about how students can best be
>served by the new Telecommunications Act.
>
>Dates of the seminar: August 26 - September 27, 1996
>Online Registration begins August 19.
>
>Topics
>% Universal Service provisions of the Telecommunications Act.
>% How the Act can help schools and libraries.
>% How schools and libraries are using network technology.
>% FCC procedures for public involvement
>
>Goals
>% Seminar participants learn about FCC procedures.
>% Educators tell the FCC staff what technology is needed in local schools
> and libraries.
>% Students get tools and training for jobs of the future.
>
>What's at stake?
>% Possible subsidies of $1 billion annually.
>% Connection of all of the nation's classrooms and libraries to the Internet.
>% Implementation of the Telecommunications Act so that it meets the needs
> of schools and libraries.
>% Accelerated introduction of new telecommunications services and lower
> prices to consumers.
>% Your comments can influence how the rules are written and the extent to
> which schools and library will benefit.
>
>The Rule Making Process
>The Universal Service provisions establish new funding for schools,
>libraries and rural health care providers. The FCC has issued a public
>"Notice of Proposed Rule Making" on Universal Service. This provides an
>opportunity for public comment before a Federal/State Joint Board which
>is charged with making recommendations to the FCC on how to implement
>the Universal Service provisions of the Telecommunications Act. FCC
>staff are presently working with public comments presented to the
>Commission and using these comments to help construct the new rules.
>
>Initial funding for the on-line seminar is being provided by the
>BellSouth Foundation with additional support from The Heinz Endowments.
>Additional funding will be sought from other telecommunications providers
>so that the seminar can serve teachers, librarians and other interested
>people from regions across the United States.
>
>For more information visit the Information Renaissance web site
> http://info-ren.pitt.edu
>
>Or, send electronic mail to: [log in to unmask]
>
>You can help us spread the word
>% Link the Information Renaissance site to your web site
>% Include information about the seminar in newsletters to your
> constituents.
>
>8/8
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Jack Robertson
ARLIS/NA President
Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library
University of Virginia
(804) 924-6601
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