Advocacy Survey, Results & Analysis


RESULTS

Coalition for Networked Information

1. Concept of Networking Cultural Heritage

How familiar is your organization and its constituents with the terms of this vision and with the current issues that have to be grappled with to make this vision a reality?

Very

2. ADVOCACY

2a Given this definition of advocacy, how does your organization advocate for networking cultural heritage?

We advocate for principles that would be imot for a networked cultural heritage by providing platforms at our Task Force meetings, organizing panels and presentations at others' meetings through our writing, and by working with federal agencies

2b Do you have a different working definition of advocacy than the one we offer here?

No

2c Projects? Of the projects that your organization participates in, which are related to digital networking?

All

2d Partners? If you collaborate with partners in any networking advocacy activity, who are they?

ARL, Cause EDUCOM among others

2e Measure Success? How do you measure the success of your networking advocacy projects?

Do not have standard techniques for measuring success of these efforts

2f Target? Besides NINCH members, what groups should NINCH target for advocacy?

NEA; NEH; NSF; Office of the President

3 Needs?

Importance of working for an improved networked environment through the NGI and Internet2 initiatives.

Increased understanding of ip issues, esp fair use.

4. Issues?

1 --intellectual property (copyright law, fair use, licensing)

1--standards (vocabulary/description/data; cataloging; technical, etc.)

1 --access (with appropriate tools, i.e., means of retrieval, manipulation, analysis)

1 --economics

3--internationalism,

2--preservation (though not at the expense of access)

 

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