Mid winter discussions forum sponsored by MARS attracted from 60 to 95 participants. B. RUSA News 1. Amy Wells suggested that spamming is topic for the ALA Web Site Task Force. Amy requests that members send her issues the ALA Web Task Force needs to deal with. Not all ALA Board members have signed the statement asserting that filters violate the Library Bill of Rights.
Fund is designed to support education of minority librarians.
Some library schools, SUNY Buffalo and U of Texas at Austin will provide additional funding for Spectrum recipients. ALA will experiment with becoming a virtual association . Committees will be encouraged to do their work electronically, and conference attendance will not be required for committee members. This change should enable many new people to participate in the organization. Divisions and sections are required to document virtual association activities.