ALA News Releases (June 7, 1995)
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June 7, 1995


This batch contains:


1.   Charles Beard ALA presidential candidate
2.   Freedom of expression on the Internet ALA Annual Conference
     program topic


1.   Charles Beard ALA presidential candidate

For Immediate Release                            From: Pamela Goodes
June 1995                                              Linda Wallace
                                                  312-280-5043, 5042


Charles Beard ALA presidential candidate

Charles Beard, director of libraries for West Georgia College in Carrollton,
is a petition candidate for president of the American Library Association
(ALA) for the spring 1996 ballot.

Beard joins Ching-Chih Chen, professor and associate dean, Graduate School
of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, Mass., and
Barbara J. Ford, director of University Library Services at Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, as presidential candidates.

He has been active at both the state and national levels. Beard currently
serves on the executive boards of the ALA (1992-) and Georgia Library
Association (1973-). He has served as a member of the ALA Council, the
association's governing body, since 1990, and is currently serving as
co-chair of the "Americans Can't Wait. . .
Library Advocacy Now!" campaign sponsored by ALA.

Beard has been a member of the White House Conference on Libraries and
Information Services (WCHLIST) since 1980 and has served as a member of the
WHCLIST Steering Committee since 1990. He is also
serves on the Georgia State Board for the Certification of  Librarians.

He was co-chair of the Georgia's Second Governor's Conference on
Libraries and Information Services in 1990-91. Beard is a past president of
the Georgia Library Association (1981-83) and the Southeastern Library
Association (1986-1988).


2.   Freedom of expression on the Internet ALA Annual Conference
     program topic


For Immediate Release                            From: Pamela Goodes
June 1995                                              Linda Wallace
                                                  312-280-5043, 5042
Freedom of expression on the Internet ALA Annual Conference program topic

"Intellectual Freedom: Will it Become Roadkill on the Information
Superhighway? -- Issues for Libraries and Schools" is the title of a program
to be held on Saturday, June 24, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the American
Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago.

Marc Rottenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in
Washington, D.C., will discuss how threats to privacy may affect freedom of
expression for users of electronic networks, including library staff and
patrons. Janet Murray, cofounder of K12net and school librarian at Wilson
High School, Portland, Ore., will discuss student access to information over
the Internet.

"Intellectual freedom on the Internet is a current issue of concern for
librarians," said Paul Vermouth, chair of IFRT. "Privacy is one aspect of
this. Access to electronic resources is another. Threats to privacy can
chill the exercise of fundamental First Amendment freedoms. The access of
young people to net resources is sometimes
threatened when concerns arise about the range of information available."

The program is sponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Roundtable (IFRT)
and cosponsored by the ALA Intellectual Committee. It is cosponsored by the
intellectual freedom committees of the American Association of School
Librarians (AASL), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL),
the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA), the Association for Library
Services to Children (ALSC), the Public Library Association (PLA), the
Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) and the Young Adult Library
Services
Association (YALSA).

The program will also feature the presentation of the John Phillip Immroth
Memorial Award for Intellectual Freedom and the Intellectual Freedom Round
Table State and Regional Achievement Award.

AASL, ACRL, ALSC, ALTA, PLA, RASD and YALSA are divisions of the American
Library Association.