Digital Future Coalition Formed ARL is participating in a broadly based public/private coalition that is concerned about a rush to amend the Copyright Act for the digital environment. A letter was sent to lawmakers in November as they began hearings on the Information Infrastructure Copyright Act (S. 1284 and H.R. 2441). Members of the coalition view this letter as a first step in informing Members of Congress about the impact of the proposed legislation on privacy, innovation, information access, education, and protection for copyright owners. The letter is also intended to serve as a discussion document within the stakeholder communities. The text of the letter and a list of the members of the coalition are available on the ARL Web and on the ARL Gopher under: Information Policy/ARL Letters/Testimony & Statements/ Testimony & Statements (1995)/Digital Future Coalition Open Letter to Congress For additional information about the Digital Future Coaltion contact: Prue Adler, ARL Assistant Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policies (prue@cni.org). ------- ARL 183 A Bimonthly Newsletter of Research Library Issues and Actions Association of Research Libraries December 1995