From: Goldman, Ava (Ava_Goldman@CalPERS.CA.GOV)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 10:51:09 PST
Message-ID: <76E44833A5BB9A4ABBAF4AADBDE1D7B802C410C7@hqs077.calpers.ca.gov> From: "Goldman, Ava" <Ava_Goldman@CalPERS.CA.GOV> Subject: PBS' Bill Moyers Show on Libraries in the Digital Age, January 17 th Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:51:09 -0800
cross-posted.
Coming up on NOW with Bill Moyers...
January 17, 2002 at 9p.m. E.T./P.T. on PBS
(check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html
<http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html> )
Public libraries embody the American ideal that anybody can read, watch or
listen to just about anything they want to. With publications and
broadcasting delivered free by the Internet directly to homes, is the
information revolution making libraries obsolete? As more people can access
this content, the copyright owners -- in many cases large corporate
publishing entities -- are looking for ways to charge fees. A growing
chorus of lawyers, librarians, and educators fear the implications of losing
free access to information for everyone. "Our information and communication
infrastructure is so central to everything we do," says former American
Library Association president Nancy Kranich. "But what's really underlying
that is the free flow of ideas which is essential to democracy." On Friday,
January 17, 2003, at 9 P.M., on PBS (check local listings at
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html <http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html> , NOW
with Bill Moyers takes a look into the digital future of intellectual
property and the debate that has pitted private control against the public
domain.
Tune in and share you views on the issues by joining the post-broadcast
online discussion at www.pbs.org/now <http://www.pbs.org/now> .
Mary Alice Baish
Associate Washington Affairs Representative
American Association of Law Libraries
202-662-9200
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