From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2004 - 12:35:05 PDT
Message-Id: <a0611042fbd5539701ed9@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:35:05 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: More Aug. 24 Public Policy
I had these stories bookmarked to go out with the newsletter I sent
earlier this week, but forgot to include them.
Thanks, Michele
Feds develop online communities to share information
Communities of practice were once considered a radical concept in
government, but that is no longer the case. Now feds are warming up
to the idea of sharing knowledge and using such communities as forums
to make it happen.
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0809/mgt-commune-08-09-04.asp
Labor Dept. introduces e-mail subscription service
The Labor Department today announced a new program to expand
citizens' use of its Web site through the introduction of an e-mail
subscription system. Visitors to the Web site can subscribe to
receive regular updates on a number of topics including news
releases, weekly unemployment claims reports, disability employment
policies, labor law compliance and small business programs.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26886-1.html
Copyright Issues in Digital Media
This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper reviews current
copyright law in the United States and considers the unique aspects
of digital technology's challenge to that law. It also examines the
prospects for a market-based resolution to copyright disputes over
digital content and explores the effect of potential revisions to
copyright law on economic efficiency and equity.
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5738&sequence=0
Vanishing records: The $500 million race to save digital data
"Much of the information of the late 20th century and 21st century
will be lost if we don't do something about solving the problems of
saving electronic information over time," said Reynolds Cahoon,
assistant archivist and chief information officer at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). n response, the National
Archives announced Aug. 3 an ambitious 7-year, half-billion-dollar
project, called the Electronic Records Archives (ERA), to design and
build a system that can archive the government's electronic
information.
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=294085
A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology - Comments Sought
This exposure draft is intended to provide as wide an audience as
possible the opportunity to review and comment on this glossary. As
such, the text is not in final form. In particular, the syndetic
structure is being completed during the comment period. The text
likely contains mechanical problems with the language and formatting
that will be fixed during final proofreading. Comments must
be received before 3 September 2004 to be considered for the final
draft. Please send general comments to glossary@archivists.org . To
comment on a specific term, please use the link to comments on the
page for that term.
http://www.archivists.org/glossary/
House acts on research access
Congress is moving to force a shift to "open access," a form of
free-to-consumer publishing, for scientific papers.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040804-112352-5352r
-- Michele McGinnis, MSIS Research Librarian to Kevin Kelly149 Amapola Pacifica, CA 94044 650-355-7676 650-359-9701 fax
mm@kk.org www.kk.org
"They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man." --Michael Moore on librarians
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
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