ALA Leadership Development Institute

[Charles White <CHASWHITE@DELPHI.COM>]

     In our state newsletter, mention was made of workshop modules which ALA
has put together on "law, technology and confidentiality, media and public
relations, and policy development". This was reported under Intellectual
Freedom Symposium report by the CLA President.
  Did any LM_NET members attend this November ALA symposium and in light of
our job description discussion, did the attendees discuss school library
involvement in these changing legal issues?
   By coincidence, in today's paper was an AP article about a Boston MIT
student bulletin board which allowed commercial copyrighted programs to be
downloaded, assuming non commercial use. The US District court indicated
that allowing the case to proceed could make it possible for home computer
users to be prosecuted for copying even a single program for their own
personal use. The judge suggested a need for copyright law revision. In
light of this news article, ALA and the symposium presenters may have sought
some input from AECT and the Software Producers Association. There are
numerous technology publications on this legal issue in the catalog of these
associations.
   Yet another suggestion for collaboration with other national affiliates
of ALA...


Charles White, Ct Dept Education.. chaswhite@delphi.com