Archive for "Jun 2009"

2009 Annual Conference Washington Office Resources now online

ALA Annual Conference 2009 is just around the corner! For issue briefs, committee agendas, program information and other conference resources from the Office of Government Relations and the Office for Information Technology Policy, be sure to check out the 2009 Annual Conference Washington Office Resources Web site.

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OITP seeks nominations for cutting-edge technology practices

Contacts:
Jenni Terry, Press Officer
ALA Washington Office
jterry@alawash.org
Vivian Pisano, Chief of Information Technology
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA  94102
(415) 557-4340
vpisano@sfpl.org
For Immediate Release
June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) is soliciting nominations for best library practices using cutting-edge technology.
“We want to showcase libraries that are serving their [...]

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OITP releases “Fiber to the Library: How Public Libraries Can Benefit from Using Fiber Optics for their Broadband Internet Connections”

For Immediate Release
Contact: jterry@alawash.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) of the American Library Association (ALA) releases “Fiber to the Library: How Public Libraries Can Benefit from Using Fiber Optics for their Broadband Internet Connections” (PDF) which articulates the benefits of fiber optic technology for public libraries and strategies to obtain such [...]

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Cracking the Congressional Code

Cracking the Congressional Code from ALA Washington on Vimeo.

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Share your thoughts on Open Government!

A message from the Open Government Team at the White House: “The first phase invited you to brainstorm topics for the Open Government recommendations and the second phase explored those topics in greater depth through on-line discussion. This third phase is intended to translate good ideas into specific, concrete, actionable policy. We are asking you [...]

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