Washington Book Publishers Program List 2004

The PATRIOT Act: Implications for Publishers, Booksellers, and Libraries
Date: March 11, 2004
Location: Georgetown University Law Center
Presenters:
David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; author of Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberty in the Name of National Security (First Amendment Foundation, 1999); No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (The New Press, 1999).
Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University, author of The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age; and The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America.

The Future of the Printed Word
Date: April 14, 2004
Location: The Urban Institute
Presenters:
Barbara Kline Pope, director of the National Academies Press, which is one of scholarly publishing’s pacesetters in digital and electronic formats.
Ralph W. Eubanks, director of publishing for the Library of Congress and author of the recent memoir, Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey into Mississippi’s Past.
James O’Donnell, provost of Georgetown University and author of Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace.

NPR's Juan Williams Speaks to WBP Members
Date: May 12, 2004
Location: The National Academies
Presenter:
Juan Williams, senior correspondent for Morning Edition on National Public Radio and author of My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. In My Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Williams presents deeply personal and inspiring eyewitness accounts from those who played active roles in the civil rights movement—an intimate view of history in the making.

Book Design and Effectiveness Competition Awards Evening
Date: June 2, 2004
Location: CSIS

Author Edward P. Jones book reading of The Known World
Date: August 10, 2004
Location: Chapters Literary Bookstore

Roundtable discussions: A chance to discuss topics of interest with your colleagues and find information about how others are doing things.
Date: November 4, 2004
Location: Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium

"Green Publishing" and Holiday Party
Date: December 8, 2004
Topic: Representatives from the Nature Conservancy, Island Press and Green Press discussed the environmental problems of paper and how publishers can be part of the solution.
Venue: ICMA

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