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CHICAGO—Library and policy leaders will discuss Policy Revolution!, an initiative to advance national policy for libraries, during the 2015 �������ϲʿ���app’s () Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. The session, titled “What is a Policy Revolution! Anyway?,” takes place from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2015.

In a time of dramatic technological advances and increasing competition for federal resources, the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) launched the Policy Revolution!, a grant-funded effort that focuses on establishing proactive policy priorities, engaging decision makers and influencers and upgrading the organization’s policy capacity. Come to learn more about the initiative, discuss a preliminary policy agenda and how it all relates to the ’s overall strategy.

WHEN: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 1:00–2:30 p.m.

WHERE: McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, Room W196A

WHO:

- Alan G. Fishel, partner, Arent Fox and Senior Counsel to the Office for Information Technology Policy

- Chris Jowaisas, senior program officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

- Dan Lee, director, Office of Copyright Management & Scholarly Communication, University of Arizona; chair, Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee; member, Policy Revolution! Library Advisory Committee

- Jim Neal, university librarian at Columbia University and member of ’s Executive Board

- Vailey Oehlke, director, Multnomah County Library; executive board member, Urban Libraries Council; and president-elect, Public Library Association; member, Policy Revolution! Library Advisory Committee

- Alan S. Inouye, director, Office for Information Technology Policy; co-principal investigator, Policy Revolution! Initiative

- Kendall Wiggin, State Librarian of Connecticut; president, Chief Officers of State Library Agencies; and member of the Library Advisory Committee

REGISTER: To attend the conference session as a reporter, email Jazzy Wright, press officer of the �������ϲʿ���app’s Washington Office, at jwright@alawash.org.

About the �������ϲʿ���app

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