Jonathan, Marilyn, and ACRL Government Relations Committee Members,
Attached are Microsoft Word copies of the two Legislative Agenda
items Don Frank and I agreed to update. While not too much has actually
changed since the last update, we did change around some of the text and
added a link to the Fair Use and Anti-Circumvention document pointing to
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for additional information.
The attached documents are: 1) Government Information and 2) Fair
Use and Anti-Circumvention.
Please NOTE: I will be away from e-mail December 11 - January 3,
hence this early submission of our Legislative Agenda items. It may
take me a while to get back in touch after I get to work again on
January 4 because my office plus computer will all be in storage and in
disarray due to a recarpeting/renovation project afflicting my library.
This means that when I get back on Jan. 4, I will have a very makeshift
office of two cardboard boxes on a table and a strange computer that
will allow me only to get to the very inferior Web-based version of the
e-mail program that's loaded into my actual office computer. Since I
expect to have to sift through and delete, literally, hundreds of
accumulated e-mail messages (no computer at home), it may take me a
while to respond to any comments, etc. Because of this situation, I am
happy to give my blessings to any changes or additions made to the
attached documents by Don Frank (
authorized by this committee.
Unfortunately, due to a devastated travel budget, I will be unable
to attend the Midwinter Conference in Boston in January, so I am
grateful to be able to at least make a few modest contributions as a
"virtual" member (thanks, Kara).
Meanwhile, let me wish everyone a Happy Holiday season!
Tim
Tim Dodge
Tim Dodge
Reference Dept.
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell St.
Auburn University, AL 36849-5606
Tel. (334) 844-1729
Fax: (334) 844-4461
E-mail:
frankd@pdx.edu ) or anyone elsedodgeti@auburn.edu