Program
ALA Unit/Subunit: ALA
Meeting Type: Program
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Closed: Open
Funding… digital inclusion… broadband… copyright… improving economic opportunities… and more! The national policy landscape continues to bubble and boil—creating challenges and opportunities for libraries. Our expert panel will discuss the issues most central to libraries. Based on decades of inside-the-beltway experience, they will provide insider insights of what is really taking place, what is on the horizon, and what we need to do about it to advance the library mission and services. Find out where you can help and get answers to your questions.
Beltway insider Ellen Satterwhite, a vice president with Glen Echo Group (and former staffer at the Federal Communications Commission) will provide her insights alongside OITP policy experts Alan S. Inouye (a former staffer in the Executive Office of the President) and Larra Clark with moderator Marc Gartler, chair of OITP’s Advisory Committee.
Marc Gartler
Manager, Sequoya & Alicia Ashman Libraries
Madison Public Library (Wisc.)
Alan Inouye
Director of Public Policy
American Library Association
Ellen Satterwhite
Vice President
Glen Echo Group
Lisa Varga
Executive Director
Virginia Library Association