[Publib] Contact your Senators about the Importance of Social Networking Sites Revisited

[Don Wood]

ALA Washington Office Take Action Site
http://tinyurl.com/o52dy

On Wednesday, July 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the
amended H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), by a vote
of 410-15. We believe the legislation will now go to the Senate, which
may or may not have time to vote on this before their session ends for
the year.
 
Please contact your Senators about the importance of social networking
sites. Share with them personal stories about how you or your library
patrons use these sites in educational ways. Let them know what negative
impact of DOPA or similar legislation will have on libraries and library
users if it passes. 

Background information about this issue can be viewed on the ALA Web
site located at:  

Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/techinttele/dopa/DOPA.htm 

Online Social Networks
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/onlinesocialnetworks.htm 

Tell Your Senators Why DOPA Is Bad for Libraries
http://donwood.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2006/7/28/2172866.html