VRA-ARLIS/NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING March 23, 2002: St. Louis REPORT NOW AVAILABLE http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2002/stlouisreport.html Those VRA and ARLIS members who attended the NINCH Copyright Town Meeting at their joint conference this year in St Louis may be interested in reading the meeting report, which is now available. Comments are welcome: send to [log in to unmask] The Town Meeting, entitled, "The Changing Research and Collections Environment: The Information Commons Today," focused on the history and meaning of the "information commons," a free public resource, and how it intersects with licensing, one of the prevailing mechanisms for distributing digital resources today. The web page includes a rich array of resources gathered by the presenters. For the full report go to www.ninch.org/copyright/2002/stlouisreport.html; a summary report is also available at www.ninch.org/copyright/2002/stlouissummary.html. -- David L. Green Executive Director NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE 21 Dupont Circle, NW Washington DC 20036 http://www.ninch.org [log in to unmask] tel: 202.296.5346 fax: 202.872.0886 __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]