Beginning in the 1970s, policy-makers in every branch of government began to admit that it was difficult to make laws and regulations dealing with digital technologies because they didn't really understand those technologies, how they were used, and the effects of those uses. Members of AOIR have answers to those questions, but like other academics find it difficult to get what they know into the heads and hands of policy-makers. Experiences of scholars of information, communication, and culture of the past who tried to bring the scholarly and policy communities closer together clarify just what those difficulties are and identify useful and effective responses or work-arounds. Those of you who hope that the results of your research might inform policy-making may be interested in a recently published book, COMMUNICATION RESEARCHERS AND POLICY-MAKING, that reviews the history of the experience of the field through the voices of those involved, and analyzes that history in light of today's deep need for more informed policy-making. Information about the book can be found at http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?sid=B4469E64-5925-44A2-A5B2..., and MIT Press will have the book in its display at the upcoming conference. Sandra Braman