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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 |
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2a Given this definition of advocacy, how does your organization advocate for networking cultural heritage? Position papers on the NII, copyright, electronic records, conference participation, symposia to educate allies and colleagues |
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2b Do you have a different working definition of advocacy than the one we offer here? No |
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2c Projects? Of the projects that your organization participates in, which are related to digital networking? EAD; NISO standards devpmt. |
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2d Partners? If you collaborate with partners in any networking advocacy activity, who are they? CNI, NINCH, NHPRC, NISO |
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2e Measure Success? How do you measure the success of your networking advocacy projects? Promulgation of standards; includion of archival perspective in position papers; increased access to policy makers |
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2f Target? Besides NINCH members, what groups should NINCH target for advocacy? Federal government; universities; selected media; digerati |
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¥SAA members are desperate for information on and about the changing copyright environment (as the boffo attendance at your excellent session attests); digitization: archivists are often pressured to digitize collections without full comprehension on the part of administrators re the cost (both human and economic) to doing so and often without clear understanding about what they are trying to accomplish by doing so. There is a misunderstanding about the land that anything and everything can/should be digitized (to the point where some are questioning the need for the buildings which house libraries and archives!). You know as much or more about this issue as I, but archivists are truly pressured by the implications of digitization, both pro and con. ¥Preservation/access of electronic media
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1. standards 2. intellectual property 3. preservation 4. access 5. internationalism 6. economics |
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