AASLNEWS headlines for Monday, Feb. 26, 2001

[Steven Hofmann <shofmann@ALA.ORG>]

Columbus schools to spend $4.6 million on library books
          Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools will purchase a quarter of a =
million new books for school libraries this spring under a plan announced =
February 20. The plan includes the district's first use of federal Title I =
money to purchase library books. (American Libraries Online)

N2H2 drops sales of schools' Web logs
          In the wake of concerns from privacy advocates, N2H2, the =
manufacturer of Bess Internet filtering software, has announced that it =
will stop collecting and selling nonidentifying information on students' =
surfing habits. (American Libraries Online)

Follow the headline links on the AASL home page ( http://www.ala.org/aasl =
) to read the full stories.

Steven L. Hofmann
Coordinator of Communications
Managing Editor, Knowledge Quest

American Association of School Librarians
a division of the American Library Association
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2795

800-545-2433, ext. 4389
312-280-4389 direct
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www.ala.org/aasl/kqweb - Knowledge Quest on the Web

Be sure to join us for the AASL Tenth National Conference, Nov. 14-18, =
2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana - www.ala.org/aasl/indy

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