Library Issues at the Federal Level: An Introduction to ALA's Washington Office and the Committee on Legislation

Authors

Ann Dutton Ewbank, Montana State University-Bozeman
Turner Masland, Portland State UniversityFollow
Christian Zabriskie, Queens Library

Published In

The Political Librarian

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Subjects

Information policy

Abstract

In this white paper, we outline the federal legislative agenda of the American Library Association, crafted by members and operationalized by the Washington-based ALA Office of Government Relations, which lobbies on behalf of the Association. We discuss how policy is made in ALA, including the work of the Committee on Legislation. We then explain the federal legislative issues that are advanced by ALA through the Washington Office. These include: appropriations, privacy/surveillance, access to government information, copyright, school libraries, and telecommunications. We conclude with information on how to become an advocate for federal legislative issues critical to libraries, their patrons and the broader public interest.

Rights

This is the publisher's final PDF. Article was originally published in The Political Librarian, Volume 2, Issue 1 and can be found online at: http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/pollib/vol2/iss1/7/

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17061

Citation Details

Ewbank, Ann Dutton; Masland, J. Turner; and Zabriskie, Christian (2016) "Library Issues at the Federal Level: An Introduction to ALA's Washington Office and the Committee on Legislation," The Political Librarian: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 7.