NOTICE TO THE MEDIA:  Reporters are invited to all sessions of this
conference.  A schedule is attached.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, U.VA. TO HOLD CONFERENCE
 EXPLORING ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING ISSUES

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 22 -- The first national
conference to address the emerging issues related to electronic
publishing via both CD-ROM and Internet/Online will be held March 30
- April 1 in Washington, D.C.  
	Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress, which is facing
precedent-setting decisions on copyright of electronically-formatted
materials, and the University of Virginia, which is developing
multimedia publications online, the conference will explore
development of products for CD-ROM and Internet publications and
address the changing perceptions of managing rights in electronic
publishing.  Sessions will be held at both the Library of Congress
and the Grand Hyatt Washington at 1000 H St., N.W. 
	James H. Clark, chairman and CEO of Netscape Communications
Corp. (formerly Mosaic Communications Corp.), the pioneer provider
of software that allows communicating and conducting commerce over
Internet and other global networks, will predict the future of
digital communications during the keynote address on March 30.
Register of Copyright Marybeth Peters in the U.S. Copyright Office
will address copyright protection in an electronic environment, and
Robert Zich, director of electronic programs at the Library of
Congress, will provide an overview of the intellectual content now
available for commercial and non-commercial applications in computer
networks and CD-ROMs.  
	Other speakers will address such topics as technology and
the creative process, capturing commercial and library markets and
pricing.
	"The conference will provide those wishing to enter
electronic publishing with essential information by those who have
successfully made the transition," said Beverly Jane Loo, director
of U.Va.'s publishing and communications program, who is conference
coordinator.
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March 21, 1995
	FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, contact Beverly Jane Loo at
(804) 296-4806 or bjl2m@virginia.edu.