Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 647.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 07:39:56 +0000
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: UCITA Update (The Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act)
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 6, 2001
LIBRARIANS ORGANIZE AROUND UCITA
(The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act)
<http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita>http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:38:20 -0500
>From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <ALAWASH@alawash.org>
>To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <ala-wo@ala1.ala.org>
>>Up! (ALAWON v.10 n. 5)
>
ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 10, Number 5
February 2, 2001
In this issue:
[1] UCITA is heating up around the country - and librarians are making a
difference!
As the new legislative year unfolds, librarians in Arizona, Florida,
Georgia, Maine, Rhode Island, and Texas are sitting down with their
legislators and forming statewide coalitions to discuss the Uniform
Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). UCITA has been formally
introduced in Arizona and is on the legislative agenda in Georgia, Maine
and Texas. "Bomb shelter" legislation in Iowa will expire this year and
some action is expected there. Signs of legislative interest in UCITA
abound in other states, but grassroots action is making a difference! -
recently, UCITA was facing impending introduction in Rhode Island but was
withdrawn as a result of widespread opposition!
The ALA UCITA Web site
(<http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita>http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita)
reports on the status of UCITA in the states and provides useful
information for anyone wanting to get more involved in the fight against
UCITA. We are happy to report that in Delaware, Hawaii, and Rhode Island,
librarians have played a key role in discussions about UCITA and have been
instrumental in pushing the legislation back.
[2] ALA and the other major library associations launch AFFECT, a
nationwide coalition to oppose UCITA
On January 31, a nationwide coalition of libraries, industry leaders,
computer professionals, and consumer organizations announced the formation
of AFFECT (Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions), a
coalition dedicated to educating the public and policymakers about the
dangers of UCITA (the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act). The
American Library Association is a founding member of the coalition,
formerly know as 4CITE.
AFFECT is working in states where UCITA is being proposed as a
statecontract law to regulate and standardize computer information
transactions. The coalition has been a leading voice in alerting the
business communities, library and educational institutions, and consumers
to the dangerous implications of UCITA to consumer protections, First
Amendment rights and copyright privileges. If passed, licensing terms
permissible under UCITA would seriously impact a library's ability to
conduct inter-library loan, distance learning, archiving, and preservation.
For more information on AFFECT, visit the ALA UCITA Web pages
(<http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita>http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita) or
contact Carol Ashworth, UCITA Grassroots Coordinator at 800-941-8478.
[3] UCITA Training Sessions have Reached Thousands!
In response to the increasing need for education about UCITA, a number
of training opportunities have been offered to librarians through the
ALA Washington Office. The Washington Office UCITA team hosted two UCITA
workshops at ALA's Midwinter Conference for those wanting basic
information on the law and for those already involved in advocacy efforts
in their states.
The ALA Washington Office is also sponsoring a UCITA on-line tutorial.
The tutorial, which began in November, has 3,000 subscribers. The
UCITA Teleconference in December, 2000 was downlinked to 226 sites in 42
states. Plans are underway for more UCITA workshops at Annual. Stay tuned
to ALAWON for news about UCITA workshops to be offered at Annual
Conference, and contact Carol Ashworth, UCITA Grassroots Coordinator, for
information.
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