US/ND-2: new items in the library

new items in the library

Bob Carlitz (bob@info-ren.pitt.edu)
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 21:22:12 -0400 (EDT) 

There have been several new submissions to the Universal Service/
Network Democracy library, which you can reach from the home
page under "Participants' Contributions" or directly at
   http://www.info-ren.org/projects/universal-service/local-resources.html
Here's a list of what's currently available:

   Janet W. Claassen 
      Summary: Alliance for Distance Education in CA 

   Sherry L Macaul 
      Summary of AFT, CCSSO, FARNET & USDLA Comments 

   Jim McClellan 
      Summary of Department of Interior Comments 

   Jack McFadden 
      Telecommunications Regulatory Vocabulary 

   Tim Mocarski 
      Summaries of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 
      and Public Service Commission 

   A. P. Picadio 
      Universal Service Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 

   Kenneth Pohl 
      Summary: Initial comments of the VSCCS 

   Carl Redwood 
      Summary: Comments of National Black Caucus of State Legislators 
      Telecommunications and Energy Committee 

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.  Please keep reading
the material in the on-line repository and developing brief summaries
of remarks pertaining to schools and libraries.  If we all pitch in
on this chore, we should be able to develop a useful resource which
we can all share.  The original Comments, Reply Comments and Further
Comments are too voluminous for each of us to read, but if we divide
the task and summarize only those portions immediately relevant for
schools and libraries, we should be able to get a handle on what's
being said.

By paying attention to this original material you should also be
able to get a feel for the types of issues being raised in the
proceedings.  More importantly, as practitioners in the field of
networking technology, you may be able to spot discrepancies
between what some of the filers are claiming in an ideal world
and how things actually work out in your classrooms and libraries.
This sort of information isn't available anywhere else, so it's
important that you speak up when you notice statements that don't
fit with your experience.  Or, for that matter, if your experience
supports positions offered in the various comments, please mention 
that as well.

Please send your summaries and other submissions for the on-line
library to 
   library@info-ren.pitt.edu

Editing of this material is being carried out by Barry Chad, whom
some of you know as the author of "Bridging the Urban Landscape,"
an on-line exhibit of Pittsburgh history:
   http://www.info-ren.org/projects/btul/exhibit/exhibit.html
Barry has also helped organize the proofreading efforts for the vast
repository of on-line material that has been put together for this
seminar.

Thanks,
Bob Carlitz
Moderator