Resources on Issues that Affect Libraries
Guides and References
Resources on Legislative Issues that Affect Libraries
General Resources
- ACRL Washington Watch
- ALA Washington Office
- ALAWON [irregular e-mail publication of the ALA Washington Office]
- American Association of Law Libraries Washington Affairs Online
- Association of Research Libraries Federal Relations & Information Policy
- EDUCAUSE Policy Initiatives [policy issues on information technology in higher education]
- Federal Relations E-News [quarterly publication from the Association of Research Libraries]
- Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) Legislative Committee [good source of information on federal government information issues]
- NJLA Legislative Updates
Copyright and Intellectual Property
General Resources | Database Protection & Digital Rights Issues | DMCA | Miscellaneous
- Copyright [ALA Wash. Office]
- Copyright and Intellectual Property [ARL]
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources [Sprague Library, Montclair State University]
- Copyright Guidelines, FAQs, and Rules of Thumb [Sprague Library, Montclair State University]
- Copyright Information (Rutgers Universities Libraries)
- Intellectual Property and Copyright [EDUCAUSE]
Database Protection & Digital Rights Issues
- Database Proposals and Legislation [ARL]
- Digital Rights Issues [ALA Washington Office]
- Digital Rights Management [ARL]
- Digital Rights Management and Privacy [Electronic Privacy Information Center]
Digital Millenium Copyright Act
- Comments of the Digital Future Coalition [on the first sale doctrine and the DMCA]
- Comments on Rulemaking on Exemptions on Anticirumvention
- DMCA: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act [ALA Wash. Office]
- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act [EDUCAUSE]
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Status and Analysis [ARL]
- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Index [Digital Future Coalition]
- In the Curl of the Wave What the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Term Extension Act Mean for the Library and Education Community [Arnold P. Lutzker, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP]
- Library associations' letter about effects of DMCA on first sale
- Copyright Term Extension [ARL]
- U.S. Supreme Court rules on constitutionality of Copyright Term
Extension Act [ALA Wash. Office]
Government Information Issues
- Access to Government Information [ARL]
- Diminished Access to Government Information [ALA Wash. Office]
- E-Government Act [ALA Wash. Office]
- Homeland Securities Act Resource Page [from OMB Watch]
- From the GODORT Legislative Committee:
Intellectual Freedom
- Children's Internet Protection Act [NJLA]
- CIPA Web Site [ALA]
- CIPA Briefs [ALA]
- Intellectual Freedom & Federal Legislation [ALA Wash. Office]
- New Filtering Legislation Introduced [ARL]
Privacy Issues [USA Patriot Act and other legislation]
- Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Homeland Security, and Related Issues [ARL]
- FBI in Your Library [ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom]
- Guidelines to assist libraries with requests for confidential library records [NJLA]
- Libraries and the Patriot Legislation [ALA Washington Office]
- Privacy [ALA Washington Office]
- Privacy Statement: Policy statement relating to the USA Patriot Act [Colorado State University]
- Protecting Patron Records: Confidentiality, Search Warrants, Subpoenas,
and the USA PATRIOT Act [Grayson Barber] - Response to September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks [Center for Democracy and Technology]
- USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terror Legislation [GODORT Legislation Committee]
TEACH Act [Distance Education]
- New Copyright Exemptions for Distance Educators: The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act [ERIC Digest; Dec. 2002]
- The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law [U. of Texas]
- The TEACH Toolkit [North Carolina State University]
- The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act [ALA Washington Office]
UCITA
- AFFECT: Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions
- AFFECT response to UCITA 2002 revisions
- ALA's Washington Office website on UCITA
- NCCUSL Amendments to UCITA [2002]
- UCITA Headlines and Events [ALA Office of Govt. Relations]
- UCITA: Summary and Implications for Libraries and Higher Education [ARL]
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Last Updated: Feb. 28, 2003