Current Issues

• Networking Cultural Heritage: The Roles of the Community
  by David L. Green, Executive Director, National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage

• Using Partnerships to Develop New GIS Services
  by Melissa Lamont, Maps Librarian, Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University

Office of Scholarly Communication

• Licensing Electronic Resources: State of the Evolving Art
  by George Soete, ARL/OMS Organizational Consultant

Federal Relations

• Copyright Term Extension Bill Reintroduced

• WIPO to Discuss Proposed Database Treaty in March

• New Article of UCC Addresses Licenses

• Administration Releases FY 1998 Budget Proposal

Coalition for Networked Information

• CNI's Institution-Wide Information Strategies

• Spring Task Force Meeting

Statistics and Measurement

• ARL Libraries' Purchasing Power Continues to Decline

Diversity

• ALA Defines Important New Strategy to Increase Minorities in Library Profession

• Affirmative Action Program Scheduled

• E-List Established for ARL Diversity Contacts

ARL Activities

• Ohio State's Trisha L. Davis Named Visiting Program Officer

• ARL Publishes Booklet for License Negotiators

• ARL Career Resources WWW Page Expanded

• Presidential Appointments