Problems Presented by the New State Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) Respecting the Use of Electronic Resources
Vicki L. Gregory
Professor and Director
School of Library & Information Science
University of South Florida
Information technology accounts for more than one-third of the nation’s economic growth and is the most rapidly expanding component of the U.S. economy.  According to the Department of Commerce, by 2006, almost half the U.S. work force will be employed by industries that are either major producers or intensive users of information technology products and services.  UCITA is an attempt to provide clear, consistent and uniform rules governing the intangibles of transactions involving computer information.  Unfortunately what is good for the big-time software manufacturers and the overall computer industry is not always good for libraries and library users.