The New Millennium (Hmmmmm)

Searcher:Magazine for Database Professionals

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-22

  Ebbinghouse, Carol ^a  

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EID: 0041724853     PISSN: 10704795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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References (11)

1. Carol Ebbinghouse, "UCC 2B: Proposal Could Dramatically Impact Libraries and Information Professionals," Searcher, vol. 6, September 1998, pp. 24+.
2. For a complete rundown of the case, see http://www.nolo.com/texas/index.html (which includes a link to the Texas Library Association's site).
3. A quick search of Lexis revealed that Alaska, Arizona, Florida and Hawaii (among others) had already passed some type of legislation. It was proposed in Colorado, and the District of Columbia passed a law to limit its own Y2K liability. The search strategy that worked best was: "YEAR 2000" OR Y2K AND (COMPLIAN! OR CAPABLE) AND DAMAGES AND COMPUTER OR SOFTWARE in the "STATES" library's all codes ("ALLCDE") file.
4. The Y2K Act, Pub. L. No. 106-37, 106 Pub. L. No. 37, 113 Stat. 185 (JUL. 20, 1999).
5. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.104-104; 110 Stat. 56; (1996).
6. The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304; 112 Stat. 2860 (1998).
7. H.R. 2560, the Child Protection Act of 1999.
8. The No Electronic Theft Act, Pub. L. No. 105-147, 111 Stat.2678 (1997).
9. H.R. 1858, the Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act of 1999, as amended by the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection, which has the support of the library community. H.R. 354, the Collections of Information Antipiracy Act of 1999, is opposed by the library community. What's in a name?
10. AALL Washington Office site is http://www.aallnet.org/washington/and the Digital Future Coalition site is at http://www. dfc.org/. The American Library Association's Web sites are: http://www.ala.org/washoff/ and http://www.ala.org/oitp/.
11. ibid.