Help Spread the Word with DTV Transition Wallpaper
With a little help from ALA, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has created this Digital Television (DTV) Transition Wallpaper! Perfect for use on public Internet terminals.
Help spread the word about the coming DTV Transition by simply saving the image to your public computers and making it the wallpaper or background.
Then, everyone who uses [...]
Let the OITP Copyright Slider Answer Your Questions!
[Update, August 21: sliders are on backorder right now. We hope to have more by end of September, 2008.]
Copyright laws are complex and can be very confusing! Is a work in the public domain? Do you need permission to use it? When does copyright expire? Find these answers and more at your fingertips with this [...]
National Library Legislative Day 2008 Registration Extended
Please mark your calendars – there are only SIX weeks remaining until National Library Legislative Day (NLLD). It’s May 13 and 14, 2008! Each year, hundreds of library supporters come to Washington to talk with their Members of Congress about the needs of their libraries. NLLD is a two-day event featuring advocacy and issue training [...]
EPA’s Report to Congress on Libraries
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency submitted its Report to Congress (PDF) on the state of the EPA National Library Network. The main points in the report are:
The five libraries that were closed will be reopened on or before September 30, 2008; Region 5 in Chicago, Region 6 in Dallas, Region 7 in Kansas City, the [...]
Letter from Alan Inouye on OITP Changes
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to provide you with an update on organizational changes in OITP. The need for changes was identified and discussed last fall at the retreat of our advisory committee. Based on the discussions at the retreat and subsequent work, a strategic plan was developed. At the 2008 Midwinter Conference, this plan was [...]
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