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UCITA: A Guide to Understanding and Action
A Satellite Teleconference
December 13, 2000
1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time
UCITA: A Guide to Understanding and Action
A Satellite Teleconference
December 13, 2000
1:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time
Order a videotape and resource kit of the teleconference.
Participants' Material available as a PDF file.
Sponsored by:
American Association of Law Libraries
American Library Association
Association of Research Libraries
Medical Library Association
Special Libraries Association
Several aspects of UCITA pose real problems for higher education and libraries.
This teleconference will help you learn more about UCITA and what you can do to deal with this legislation in your state!
Required Reading
Participants are asked to read one of the following brief descriptions of UCITA and its implications before the teleconference:
Additional Resources
UCITA index -- from the American Library Association's Washington Office
<http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita/index.html>
Association of Research Libraries UCITA page
<http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/ucitapg.html>
"Licensing Digital Information and UCITA," Rodney Petersen (PDF
format)
<http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eq/a002/eqm002b.pdf>
Letter signed by 24 state Attorneys General, opposing UCITA
<http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/agoppltr.html>
The most recent version of UCITA, University of Pennsylvania Law School
<http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ucita/citam99.htm>
4CITE, an organization dedicated to lobbying against UCITA
<http://www.4cite.org>
Panelists
All four panelists have been actively involved in the UCITA debate in their home states.
The teleconference will provide a valuable "primer" on UCITA, strategies for dealing with the legislation in your state, and an opportunity to ask the panelists questions.
Intended Audience
Librarians: Please extend an invitation to these colleagues in your institution and district.
Video Kit Order Information
For a video of the UCITA Teleconference,
order online or contact:
ARL Publications Distribution Center
P.O. Box 531
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-0531
Phone: 301-362-8196
Fax: 301-206-9789
Email: pubs@arl.org
Participant materials come with the video, and the total price is $50. Shipping and handling are extra.
Schedule
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Pre-Broadcast Activities: Ice Breaker Exercise Introduction of Program
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| 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Broadcast
What is UCITA? Why Do We Care? Question and Answer Segment Working on UCITA in a State Context How Do We Organize for Advocacy Question and Answer Segment
Framing the Key Issues Question and Answer Segment
Next Steps and Call to Action
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| 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Post-Broadcast Activities |
Registration Details:
By November 1: $350 each for 1-3 sites
After November 1: $400 each for 1-3 sites
Multiple site purchases:
Pricing schedule for library consortia, school districts, county, regional, and state systems. Pricing is based on the number of sites within your consortia that will actually host a satellite downlink.
| Number of Downlink Sites | Cost per Site |
| 4-9 | $325 |
| 10-14 | $300 |
| 15-20 | $275 |
| 21-25 | $250 |
| 26-29 | $225 |
| 30 or more | $200 |
There is no limit to the number of participants at a site. Each registered site is allowed to make one videotape copy of the teleconference.
On the registration form, we ask if you are willing to allow participants from outside your organization to attend the teleconference at your site. Interested individuals in your area sometimes do not have access to satellite downlink sites at their own institutions.
If you need to recoup your costs, you may charge participants at your site a nominal fee; we suggest no more that $30 per person.
Unfortunately, the deadline for refunding cancelled registrations has passed. No refunds for cancelled registration can be given.
The sponsoring organizations are not responsible for local technical problems or acts of nature that interfere with reception of the satellite broadcast (such as sunspots, local storms, etc.). In such cases reported to us, we will not refund the registration fee but will provide a videotape of the conference.
A videotape kit of the program will be available for purchase ($300) approximately six weeks after the event.
Technical Information
The teleconference will be broadcast on both C and KU satellite bands. It will be a one-way broadcast, not interactive. The signal will not be scrambled. Information on the satellite coordinates will be provided to registered sites approximately two weeks prior to the event. The exact satellites we will be using will be announced shortly. (Canadian sites: please check with your technical staff to make sure your site can receive the signal from the satellites we are using before registering.)
Broadcast over a closed campus cable system is permitted.
Participants will be able to phone and fax in questions during the broadcast. Information on how to do this will be provided later.
For more detailed technical information, please contact Gene Broderson, Training Media (gbroderson@calibresys.com).
Responsibilities of the Site Coordinator
Each satellite downlink site will be asked to appoint an individual who will be responsible for the following activities related to the satellite broadcast:
The American Association of Law Libraries will provide a Certificate of Participation for AALL members.
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA)
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