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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:49:45 -0500 >From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL (ALAWASH E-MAIL)" <[log in to unmask]> >To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: ALAWON v7, n151 - COPYRIGHT ONLINE; DEPT OF ED GRANTS >Content-Disposition: inline >Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.08 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN > >ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline >Volume 7, Number 151 >December 7, 1998 > >In this issue: > >[1] New Copyright Materials Available on ALA Web Site >[2] Direct Grant Programs from the U.S. Department of Education > >[1] New Copyright Materials Available on ALA Web Site > >The new Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), recently signed >into law, amends U.S. copyright law in ways that will have a >significant effect on library and information services. Many of >these provisions are effective immediately; others depend on >development of regulations and procedures; still others involve >fact finding or studies by the Copyright Office. > >In order to provide information and assistance to the library >community, the ALA Washington Office Web page includes a newly >expanded section on intellectual property and copyright at >http://www.ala.org/washoff/copyright.html. > >Contents include issue briefs on: > >* Why librarians care about intellectual property law and policy >* A summary and brief guide to relevant DMCA provisions >* A brief summary of the Copyright Term Extension Act recently >signed into law >* Materials to help explain what the new laws mean to the library >community > >(Some of these materials were prepared by Arnold Lutzker of >Lutzker & Lutzker LLP, an attorney and specialist in intellectual >property and new technologies, who is a consultant to ALA and >other library groups. Lutzker is preparing a full analysis of the >DMCA, parts of which are being made available as completed. Many >of the documents in this category will be updated, revised, or >repackaged as analysis proceeds, and issues and questions arise.) > >* Distance education and digital technology study by U.S. >Copyright Office >* Library preservation changes >* Online service providers; limitations on liability >* DMCA analysis by Jonathan Band of Morrison & Foerster LLP, a >member of the Digital Future Coalition >* DMCA; notes from Arnold Lutzker's presentation at an ARL meeting >* Recent ALAWON issues on copyright and intellectual property >issues >* Links to government sources such as the U.S. Copyright Office >and texts of bills >* Links to other sources, such the Digital Future Coalition and >the Association of Research Libraries > >The ALA Washington Office and Office for Information Technology >Policy encourage library staff and advocates to visit this site >often. The effort to provide information useful to the field has >just begun and will continue. Please contact us with questions >and suggestions. > >[2] Direct Grant Programs from the U.S. Department of Education > >The Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and >Improvement published a schedule of application notices and >deadlines for programs in the Federal Register (November 3, 1998, >v63, n212, pp. 59435-59455; >http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/1998- >4/110398a.html). Of special interest to school library media >specialists are the application deadlines for the 21st Century >Learning Centers program and the Technology Innovation Challenge >Grant program. Application information for the Technology Literacy >Challenge Fund is also included below. > >TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS >Applications for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers were >made available on December 3 with a deadline of May 1, 1999. >Approximately $100 million of the $200 million allocated in FY99 >will be competed for the program of after-school learning centers >which provide students with a safe environment for tutoring, >counseling and or technology education. The C.S. Mott Foundation >has joined with the Department of Education to provide regional >workshops for potential applicants. For further information on 21st >Century Centers, contact (202) 219-2128. Applications forms and >other information are available at >http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/21stCCLC/. > >TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CHALLENGE FUND GRANTS >The Technology Innovation Challenge Fund Grants applications were >scheduled to be made available on December 7 with a deadline for >receipt of February 12, 1999. The grants support the development, >interconnection, implementation, improvement, and maintenance of >an effective educational technology infrastructure, including >activities to provide equipment, training for teachers, school >library and media personnel and technical support. The primary >goals of the program are to promote the use of technology to >support school reform, support network and telecommunication >connections to improve student learning and support professional >development in the integration of high-quality technology into the >school curriculum. Priority will be given to applications that >serve areas with a high percentage of disadvantaged students or >with the greatest need for educational technology. Consortia may >apply and must include one local educational agency with a high >percentage of children living below the poverty level and may >include other schools, institutions of higher education, >businesses, academic content experts, software designers, museums >and libraries. The FY99 funding for Technology Innovation >Challenge Grants was $115 million. For further information >contact OERI, (202) 208-3882 or go to >http://www.ed.gov/Technology/challenge/. > >TECHNOLOGY LITERACY CHALLENGE FUND GRANTS-STATE FORMULA GRANTS >Applications are made by State Educational Agencies to support the >development and implementation of systemic technology plans at the >State, local and school levels to improve the teaching and >learning of all children. States then may make subgrants to local >education agencies to support school reform; projects to improve >student learning; acquisition of hardware and software to improve >student learning; acquisition of connections to telecommunications >networks to obtain access to resources and services; provision of >ongoing professional development in the integration of technology >into improved school curricula; and provision of better >educational services for adults and families. State educational >agencies must submit educational technology plans by March 31, >1999, however states may apply as soon as their plans have been >developed. Approximately $475 million is available for this >program in FY99. For further information contact the Goals 2000 >Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, (202) 401-0039 or go >to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/g2k.html. > >****** >ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the >American Library Association Washington Office. All materials >subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be >reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with >appropriate credits. > >To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo >[your_firstname] [your_lastname] to [log in to unmask] or go to >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send >the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [log in to unmask] or go to >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALAWON archives at >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. > >ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, >Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 >toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: [log in to unmask]; Web >site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Editor: Lynne E. Bradley; >Managing Editor: Deirdre Herman; Contributors: Mary Costabile, >Adam Eisgrau, Anne Heanue, Carol Henderson, Peter Kaplan, >Claudette Tennant and Rick Weingarten. > > Katherine Poole, Librarian Rotch Visual Collections, M.I.T. 77 Massachusetts Ave., 7-304 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 1-617-253-7098; FAX 1-617-253-9331 E-mail: [log in to unmask]