ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


MIDWINTER MEETINGS
(C o n tin u e d  fr o m  Page 2 7 3 )

Tuesday, January 9, 4:30-6:00 p.m. 
(University)
Wednesday, January 10, 8:00-9:30 a.in. 
(College)

ACRL Joint Committees 
AAC-ACRL Committee on College L i­
braries

Friday, January 12, Luncheon, 12:00 
noon

ACRL Publications
CHOICE Editorial Board

Monday, January 8, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 9, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

AC RL Monograph Series Editorial Board 
Tuesday, January 9, Luncheon, 12:00 
noon

ACRL Sections and Subsections
College Libraries Section

Committee on Non-Western Resources
Monday, January 8, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Monday, January 8, 8:30-10:00 p.m.

Steering Committee
Tuesday, January 9, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Junior College Libraries Section
Bibliography Committee

Wednesday, January 10, 4:30-6:00 
p.m.

Executive Committee
Thursday, January 11, 10:00-12:00 
noon
Thursday, January 11, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

A d Hoc Committee on Instructional 
Materials Centers

Monday, January 8, 8:30-9:30 a.m. 
ĩreconference Planning Committee

Monday, January 8, 8:30-10:00 p.m.
’’Committee to Revise the JCLS By­
laws

Tuesday, January 9, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
"Special Projects Committee 

Thursday, January 11, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Subject Specialists Section

Executive Committee
Monday, January 8, 5:30-6:00 p.m.

Agriculture and Biological Sciences 
Subsection

Executive Committee
Monday, January 8, Luncheon, 
12:00 noon

Slavic and East European Subsection
Executive Committee

Monday, January 8, 8:30-10:00 
p.m.

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University Libraries Section 
A d Hoc Committee on Academic Status

Monday, January 8, 10:00-12:00
noon

* Committee on Extension Library Serv­
ice

Tuesday, January 9, 4:30-6:00 p.m. 
Steering Committee

Wednesday, January 10, 8:00-9:30 
a.m.

* Urban Universities Library Committee 
Wednesday, January 10, 2:00-4:00 
p.m.

COPYRIGHT TECHNOLOGY 
COMMISSION

S. 2216, a bill to establish in the Library 
of Congress a National Commission on New 
Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, 
was passed by the Senate and referred to the 
House Judiciary Committee on October 12. 
The purpose of the Commission is to study 
and compile data on the reproduction and use 
of copyrighted works of authorship (1) in 
automatic systems capable of storing, process­
ing, retrieving, and transferring information, 
and (2) by various forms of machine repro­
duction. The Commission is directed to make 
recommendations to the President and the 
Congress concerning such changes as may be 
necessary to assure access to copyrighted works 
and to provide recognition of the rights of 
copyright owners.

The bill calls for a 23-man Commission 
under the chairmanship of the librarian of 
Congress and requires them to submit a pre­
liminary report within one year after their 
first meeting and a final report within three 
years after the effective date of the Act. The 
report is to include recommendations and pro­
posals for legislation and administrative action 
necessary to carry out its recommendations. 
In addition to the librarian of Congress, the 
Commission is to be composed of two members 
of the Senate; two members of the House of 
Representatives; seven members selected from 
authors and other copyright owners; seven 
members selected from users of copyrighted 
works; and four nongovernmental members 
selected from the general public.

The need for this study commission became 
apparent during Senate hearings on S. 597, 
the bill to generally revise the copyright law. 
It was decided that a thorough investigation 
of the possible copyright problems arising from 
various technological advances would cause 
several years’ delay in enacting the general 
copyright revision bill. “Therefore, the estab­
lishment of some type of study commission ap­
peared to be both necessary and desirable,” 
according to the Senate Judiciary Committee 
Report on the bill (S. Rept. 640). ■■

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