MEDIA ADVISORY


EXPERTS IN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING TO DESCRIBE COPYRIGHT, 
FINANCIAL, LEGAL ISSUES IN ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS


WHAT:	"Exploring the New Media:  Partnerships in Electronic
Publishing," cosponsored by the Library of Congress and the
University of Virginia.

WHO:		Among the top experts who will be speaking are James
H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, who will address the
future of electronic publishing; David Beacom, director, educational
media division, National Geographic Society, who will describe the
importance of content; Marybeth Peters, U.S. Copyright Office,
Library of Congress, who will address the future of copyright in a
networked world; and Lance Rose, author of "Netlaw: Your Rights in
an Online World," who will describe considerations in developing
partnerships.

WHEN:	March 14-16

WHERE:	Sessions will take place at the ANA Hotel, 2401 M St., N.W.,
and the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., S. E.

FACTS:	About 120 book and trade publishers are expected.  A
conference 		schedule is enclosed.

MORE INFO: Contact Beverly Jane Loo, director, U.Va.'s Publishing
and Communications Program, at (804) 296-4806 or via e-mail at
bjl2m@virginia.edu






















"Exploring the New Media: Partnerships in Electronic Publishing"


Thursday, March 14
Mumford Room, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., S.E.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.		Welcome and Opening Address

				KEYNOTE Address: "The State of
Electronic
				Publishing," by James H. Billington, 
				Librarian of Congress

Friday, March 15
ANA Hotel, 2401 M St., N.W.

9 a.m. - noon			General Session
				"Content Comes First, Not Last"
Panel 
				Bob Stein, president, The Voyager
Co.;
				Luyen Chou, president and CEO,
Learning Technologies Interactive; David Beacom, director,
educational media, National Geographic Society

noon - 1 p.m.			Address: "The Future of Copyright in
a Networked
				World" by Marybeth Peters, register
of copyrights,
				U.S. Copyright Office

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.		"Partnerships: Benefits and
Challenges" Panel
				Tom Porter, publisher and general
mgr., Discovery
				Channel Multimedia; Steve Ostrow,
chief of prints
				and photographs, Library of
Congress; Randi
				Benton, president, New Media, Random
House

3:30 - 5 p.m.			"Developing Partnerships for
Multimedia and
				Online Publications" Panel
				Thomas J. Nieman, vice president,
editorial group,
				Scott Forcsman; Martin Paul,
director of electronic
				publishing, Scientific American;
Lance Rose, author of "Netlaw: Your Rights in an Online World"

Saturday, March 16
Mumford Room, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., S.E.

9:05 - 9:40 a.m.		Address:  "An Overview of Copyright
in a 				Multimedia and Networked World" by
				Mary Berghaus Levering, associate
register for national copyright programs, U.S. Copyright Office

9:40 - 10:30 a.m.		"Licensing Issues and Copyright
Management Systems for Digital Publications" Panel
				Carol Risher, vice president,
copyright and new technology, Association of American
Publishers;	
				Isabella Hinds, director,
professional relations,
				Copyright Clearance Center

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	"Partnerships in Marketing, Sales and
Distribution: 	Multimedia and Internet" Panel
				Chris Anderson, director of
multimedia, Ingram Book Co.; Karen Cross, vice president and sales 
				director, Publishers Group West;
Eric Gagnon,
				president, Internet Media, and
author, "Business 
				on the Internet"