ALAO Newsletter Highlights-- Vol. 20, No. 3, September 2002

	Newsletter Highlights September 2002
Academic Library Association of Ohio... A Chapter of ACRL

Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2002:

President's Report … -- Link to full-text

President Cliff Glaviano talks about his conference experiences--thanking all those who put their time and effort into making this year's a great success . . .

Continued Education Grants -- Link to full-text

Continuing Education Grants Awarded to Ann Watson (Denison University) and the other to Gerald Natal (University of Toledo).

2002 Annual Conference -- Link to full-text

Betsy Blankenship writes Attending the Annual Conference. . . Another View, telling about her experiences this year as a member of the Conference Program Committee.

Government Relations Team -- Link to full-text

Welcome the new legislative advocates: Renee Geary, from Ohio University, Gail Marredeth, from Cleveland State University, Susan Paul, from Lorain County Community College, Chris Rigda from the University of Akron, and Joe Salem, Jr., from Kent State University.

ALAO Elections -- Link to full-text

Elections are coming up this Spring and Marcia Suter highlights the duties of the positions putting out a call for nominations.

Interest Group News -- Link to full-text

Interest Groups report on a number of diverse topics from the Support Staff, Technical Services and Curriculum Materials Center happenings at the Annual Conference to the Instruction Interest Group's plans for their Spring Workshop.

Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award -- Link to full-text

Doug Morrison Receives Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award and said at his acceptance in his humble way that, "I just wanted to help others and contribute to the my profession." He's done that and more . . . read about Doug and the award!

Millennium Demographics: Being Other/Being Immigrant -- Link to full-text

Bowling Green State University continues their Issues in Cultural Diversity 2002-2003 Program Series. Look online for upcoming dates and specific topics.

TEACH Act -- Link to full-text

On November 2nd, 2002, the "Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act" (the TEACH Act), part of the larger Justice Reauthorization legislation (H.R. 2215), was signed into law by President Bush. The TEACH Act redefines the terms and conditions on which accredited, nonprofit educational institutions throughout the U.S. may use copyright protected materials in distance education-including on websites and by other digital means-without permission from the copyright owner and without payment of royalties....

Call for Reviewers -- Link to full-text

If you enjoy watching videos and DVDs, or fiddling around with CD-ROMs, you might enjoy contributing some reviews to the Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) database.

UCITA -- Link to full-text

UCITA still on everyone's mind? An update and list of "What's still wrong with UCITA?" appears in this newsletter.

ACRL News -- Link to full-text

ACRL Reminder - April 10 - 13, 2003 in Charlotte, N.C. Registration is now open.

People and Library News -- Link to full-text

What's happening at Bowling Green? They have a new name to share with everyone and had quite the Holiday Parade last month--complete with a University Libraries' reindeer entry.