ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Report on Copyright 
and HEA Amendments

On April 7, 1976, the House Judiciary Sub­
committee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the 
Administration of Justice marked up the Copy­
right Revision Bill ( HR 2223) ‚ taking action 
on section 1 0 8 (g ) (2 ), the section dealing with 
photocopying in libraries. The position of the 
six professional library associations, the Ameri­
can Library Association, the Association of Re­
search Libraries, the American Association of 
Law Libraries, the Medical Library Associ­
ation, the Music Library Association, and the 
Special Libraries Association, which asked for 
the deletion of the photocopying restriction, 
was discussed as well as the position of the 
copyright proprietors. Members of the sub­
committee frequently mentioned during the 
mark-up session the number of librarians who 
had written them on this issue and the soli­
darity of the library point of view. An amend­
ment to section 1 0 8 (g ) (2 ) was introduced by 
Chairman Robert Kastenmeier (D-W is.) and 
approved by voice vote of the members of the 
subcommittee. The language of the amendment 
follows with new wording underscored.

108(g) The rights of reproduction and

distribution under this section extended to 
the isolated and unrelated reproduction or 
distribution of a single copy or phono- 
record of the same material on separate 
occasions, but do not extend to cases 
where the library or archives, or its em­
ployee:
(1 )  is aware or has substantial reason to 
believe that it is engaging in the related 
or concerted reproduction or distribution 
of multiple copies or phonorecords of the 
same material, whether made on one oc­
casion or over a period of time, and 
whether intended for aggregate use by 
one or more individuals or for separate 
use by the individual members of a group; 
or
(2 ) engages in the systematic reproduction 
or distribution of single or multiple copies 
or phonorecords of material described in 
subsection (d ); provided that nothing in 
this clause prevents a library or archives 
from participating in interlibrary arrange­
ments that do not have, as their purpose 
or effect, that the library or archives re-

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Renewable Resources Program for ABSS
The Agriculture and Biological Sciences Sec­

tion of the Association of College and Research 
Libraries of the American Library Association 
is pleased to announce that they will have Dr. 
Robert Z. Callaham, director of forest environ­
ment research in the U.S. Forest Service, as a 
guest speaker for their annual meeting on 
Wednesday, July 21, 1976, to be held at the 
Museum of Science and Industry during the 
ALA Annual Conference. Dr. Callaham is re­
sponsible for the creation and emergence of the 
Renewable Resource Technical Information 
System presently being developed by the U.S. 
Forest Service and its cooperators. He has been 
an editor of Silυa Genetica and is now division­
al coordinator of forest plants and forest pro­
tection for the International Union of Forestry 
Research Organizations.

Dr. Callaham’s presentation will consider the 
Renewable Resource Technical Information 
System in terms of local, state, federal, and in­
ternational cooperation; the present and future 
capabilities in information analysis and docu­
ment delivery within the system; the role of li­
braries in an information network for forestry. 
A selected panel of librarians will interact with

Dr. Callaham’s presentation and field questions 
from the audience.

Advance tickets will be $7.00 for the pro­
gram, luncheon, business and membership 
meeting of the section, a tour of the Museum 
of Science and Industry, and round-trip bus 
transportation. To obtain tickets, mail a 
stamped self-addressed envelope and your 
check made out to the American Library Asso­
ciation to: Linnea Sodergren, 1401 E. 55th St. 
#314N , Chicago, IL  60615. This all-day pro­
gram is open to all but limited to the first 100 
people making paid reservations; tickets may 
be transferred to another individual but are 
nonrefundable. Any remaining tickets may be 
available at the Meal Ticket Desk beginning on 
Friday, July 16, during the Annual Conference 
through 9:30 a.m. on Monday, July 19. Buses 
will depart for the museum promptly at 9:30 
a.m. on Wednesday, July 21 from the State 
Street side of the Palmer House, picking up 
other participants directly thereafter at the 
Eighth Street side of the Conrad Hilton. Re­
turn buses will leave at 3:30 p.m. from the mu­
seum to return to both downtown stops.

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