Hi, Siobhan, others-- I believe this is part of the The Sunshine in Government Initiative, which is a coalition of 7 journalism organizations and the Associated Press that want to end to increased government secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks. The coalition will lobby for legislation and seek to educate the public about First Amendment issues. "Sunshine Week" is a weeklong campaign for government openness spearheaded by the AP and more than 50 news outlets, journalism groups, universities and the American Library Association. The Senate Judiciary Committee (news - web sites)'s subcommittee on terrorism, technology and homeland security plans a hearing on the bill Tuesday. Sunshine in Government Initiative: http://www.sunshineingovernment.com
Sunshine Week http://www.sunshineweek.org/ AP article http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20050310/ap_o n_re_us/journalists_open_governmenthttp://www.sunshineweek.org/ Marcia Zorn -----Original Message----- From: Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:00 AM To: DIGITALDIVIDE (Digital Divide) Subject: [DDN] FW: [CAPHIS] FYI: [ALA-WO:104] Sunshine Week and Libraries I'm sure many of you have seen this already, but I hadn't until today. Siobhan Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS Community Outreach Liaison National Network of Libraries of Medicine - MidContinental Region Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402-280-4156/800-338-7657 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr/ (NN/LM MCR Web Site) http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ (Web Log) http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell (Digital Divide Network Profile) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ALAWASH E-MAIL Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:33 AM To: ALA Washington Office Newsline Subject: [ALA-WO:104] Sunshine Week and Libraries ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 14, Number 23 March 14, 2005 In This Issue: Sunshine Week & Libraries This week is National Sunshine Week - a week-long series of events that focuses on opening a dialogue about the public's right of access to government. Participating daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, online sites, and radio and television broadcasters will feature editorials, op-eds, editorial cartoons, and news and feature stories that drive public discussion about why open government is important to everyone, not just to journalists. Be sure to check the Sunshine Week site http://www.sunshineweek.org/ for information on library activities -- and in case you get a call from your local media about the events. If your library is planning any events that relate to Sunshine Week, please let your local media know - and also contact Amy Stone at American Libraries - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Sunshine Week Web site has new information, including editorial cartoons, a public opinion poll about government secrecy and access to information, conducted especially for Sunshine Week by Ipsos-Public Affairs, graphics, and articles. This is a great chance for librarians to tell their stories about the role libraries play in providing access to government information for the public -- most especially if yours is a federal or state depository library. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Carol Ashworth, Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Erin Haggerty, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
