Monday, July 14, 2003

PPC asks for input from Illinois librarians: The following news item was supplied by Kendi Kelly, ILA Public Policy Chair: The recent Supreme Court Children’s Internet Protection Act decision and Illinois State budget cuts provided the obvious topics for discussion when the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Public Policy Committee met July 1 at the Illinois State Library in Springfield.   Noting that CIPA clarifications will become available over the next few weeks, Public Policy Committee Chairperson Kendi Kelley encouraged librarians to take time to study the issue and decide whether they will be required to filter. "There is no need to rush out and buy the first filter you find," said Kelley, Administrative Librarian for C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District in Mt. Vernon.   In order for the Public Policy Committee to gauge the impact of the ruling, she is encouraging all public library staff to email her at kendik@shawls.lib.il.us and answer the following two questions: 1) Does your library currently use a filtering product, and if so to what extent?  2) Do you believe the ruling will require you to filter in the future?   The committee also discussed strategies to deal with the Illinois State Budget cuts as they impact Illinois library users. The ILA Public Policy Principles were reviewed as preparation for developing the 2004 Legislative Program. Individuals are encouraged to submit suggested initiatives to ILA President Nancy Gillfillan at ngillfil@starband.net.   The next PPC meeting will be held August 5 via VTEL from the Illinois State Library, DuPage Library System and Shawnee Library System.   10:05:09 AM

Thursday, July 03, 2003

CIPA Update: "The FCC has released a Public Notice concerning the implementation of CIPA following the Supreme Court's decision last week. ALA will be posting further details and a FAQ on implementation within a few days. A .pdf version of the document is also available." [from Louise McAulay at Suburban Library System] 3:24:31 PM

Friday, March 07, 2003

Illinois Library Advocacy Day: Illinois Library Advocacy Day is April 9, 2003.  CLS will be providing bus transportation to Springfield again this year.  More information on this event is forthcoming.  In the interim, please contact Veronda Pitchford at CLS if you have questions. 4:08:02 PM

"Eleven Proposed Library-Related Legislative Efforts. The ILA Executive Board has reviewed 112 bills and determined the association's position on 11 proposed library-related legislative efforts: House Bill 14 Child Pornography Law (ILA position: monitor), H.B. 66 Property Tax Moratorium (ILA position: oppose), H.B. 425 Project Safe Child Pilot Program (ILA position: monitor), H.B. 475 Civil Case Fees (ILA position: support), H.B. 498 Archives Research Fund (ILA position: support), H.B. 2181 Public Library District Money Transfer (ILA position: support), H.B. 2272 Filters (ILA position: oppose), H.B. 2342 Library Systems Directors Terms (ILA position: oppose), H.B. 2527 Library System Changes (ILA position: monitor), Senate Bill 383 Illinois State Library Foundation (ILA position: support), S.B. 1372 Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (ILA position: support)." Thanks to nsls.info and ILA for the latest information. 4:02:39 PM

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy to Offer "Privacy 101 for Librarians": "March 3 through May 5, 2003 OITP will host an online e-mail tutorial on privacy. Similar in format to the successful copyright, UCITA and licensing tutorials offered in past years, the privacy tutorial will cover privacy basics for library professionals in 20-25 brief, but informative messages written by Leslie Harris, experienced lawyer, lobbyist and public policy strategist in Washington, D.C. Leslie is founder and president of Leslie Harris & Associates, and has been a long-standing partner with ALA in defending civil liberties and protecting library patron privacy. The tutorial will address privacy expectations of library patrons and practical ways to meet them; legal protections for library records and their limitations; how technology has changed the way libraries must address privacy; and privacy audits. The tutorial course is FREE to ALA members, and only $25 for non-ALA members. Signing up is easy. 1. Send an e-mail message to: listproc@ala.org. 2. Leave the subject line blank.  3. In the body of the email type: subscribe privacytut YourFirstName YourLastName (example: subscribe privacytut John Doe) After subscribing, you should receive an automated welcome message. On March 3rd, you will receive your first e-mail tutorial message on privacy and libraries. You can read your messages when they arrive, save them for later, or print them out, but we recommend reading the messages in the order that they are received. Please note the email tutorial is one-way communication. You will not be able to post to a discussion list... For more information, contact Kathy Mitchell at kmitchell@alawash.org or Chiffonya Brown at cbrown@alawash.org or call ALA's Washington Office, (800)941-8478. " ---from ALA release 10:22:10 AM

Friday, December 06, 2002

LawSites: LawSites is a legal weblog that provides news and reviews of legal web sites.  (Thanks for the pointer, Chris!) 12:43:47 PM

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

CIPA heads to the Supreme Court: - "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide i .... - "The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide if public libraries can be forced to install software blocking sexually explicit Web sites." "Congress has struggled to find ways to protect children from Internet pornography without infringing on free speech rights for Web site operators." "Lawmakers have passed three laws since 1996, but the Supreme Court struck down the first and blocked the second from taking effect." (from CNN) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] For more information on the developments on this case, see ALA's announcement.  Wired also has a new article on the case. 2:33:31 PM

Monday, September 30, 2002

Intellectual freedom in the Quad Ciites: "Intellectual Freedom in the Heartland !-) Ranked Google-icious." [LISNews.com]  LISNews links to a couple of articles on Banned Book Week and the Quad Cities record with banned books and the effects on the USA Patriot Act on library use. 12:23:43 PM

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