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A complete list of the current committees and their charges can be found in the AALL Directory and Handbook. 1 59619 AALL Spectrum.Oct 10/22/99 10:27 AM Page 2 Volume 4 Number 2 October 1999 [FEATURES] Professional Development Committee Article Series Space Planning for Technical Services: In the Blended Age of Print & Technology 6 by Carol Avery Nicholson The Kelly Show! Episode One: How to Motivate and Nurture Student Workers 8 by Kelly Browne Centerfold—Members’ Briefing: Education for Law Librarianship 17 CRIV Notes 22 by Elizabeth Rhodes Men in Law Librarianship 36 by Greta Boeringer [COLUMNS] Washington Brief 4 Public Relations 16 Chapter News 24 Membership News 26 Committee News 30 [DEPARTMENTS] Memorials 27 Placement Listings 28 Ad Index 31 Classifieds 31 2 59619 AALL Spectrum.Oct 10/22/99 10:27 AM Page 4 Washington Brief by Mary Alice Baish August 26, 1999 Information Service (NTIS) in recent Daley’s proposal and the need to preserve AALL’s Amendment to H.R. 1858 years, on August 12, 1999, Secretary of NTIS’s functions if the agency is to be Commerce William M. Daley announced closed. The House Science Committee’s On August 5, 1999, the House Commerce his intention to close down the agency, Subcommittee on Technology has Committee marked up and ordered to transfer its archives to the Library of scheduled a hearing for September 15 reported to the House H.R. 1858, the Congress, and to ensure that agencies and we’ve been promised a witness slot. Consumer and Investor Access to disseminate all their technical and business This is a golden opportunity to educate Information Act of 1999, which preserves reports to the public at no fee through members of Congress that, in terms AALL’s language excluding primary legal the Internet. Calling the NTIS business of public access, NTIS materials are materials. In his opening comments at the model “fundamentally flawed” in today’s “fugitive”; that its collection of some three mark up, Chairman Tom Bliley (R-VA) noted electronic environment, the announcement million publications must be archived for that there was heavy opposition to the follows in the wake of the decision by permanent public access; that its important bill from realtors and the legal publishing Congress not to give NTIS $2 million it electronic databases must continue to industry. Indeed our amendment, Sec. had requested for FY2000. Created in be produced; and that, with the mandate 104(f), not unexpectedly came under 1950 to serve as a clearinghouse for the to disseminate more information through heavy attack from several Committee government’s vast collection of scientific, the Internet, agencies must be held members. However, Ranking Member technical, and engineering information, accountable for permanent public John Dingell (D-MI) noted that the bill NTIS has been self-sustaining through access. Stay tuned! provides unfettered access to facts in the the sale of information products to the public domain and Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA) public and by providing services to federal The “10 Most Wanted” reiterated that one of the purposes of the agencies on a reimbursable basis. In Government Documents legislation is to make more government denying NTIS’s unusual budget request, information available to the public. The Center for Democracy and Technology the Senate Appropriations Committee In a press statement following markup, (CDT) and OMB Watch released their ordered a General Accounting Office Chairman Bliley noted that “The bill the “10 Most Wanted” list of government (GAO) audit to review NTIS operations. Committee unanimously approved today documents at a Senate press gathering strikes an important balance, between Many within the library and user attended by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and protecting the rights of those who collect communities have long been very critical Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on August 4, and disseminate data, and ensuring the of how NTIS operates and believe that the 1999. These are titles—across all three public’s access to this information.” Bliley concept of NTIS is fundamentally flawed branches of government—that the added that Commerce staff would begin in that the agency collects and sells for public believes should be readily and working with Judiciary staff to negotiate profit government information created at permanently available at no cost through differences between H.R.