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Subject: Fwd: digitization bill
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:06:43 -0400
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fyi, promotional info sent to me from Pratt Library School re a bill in US
Congress on digital issues

I am passing this along as information only, not sure of the efficacy of
this particular program...err, uh, the funding source looks shakey to me.

See below

Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788

 ------>  [Room 121,   February - December 2005]

[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027

http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html
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 Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:30:46 -0700
 From: claude zachary
 Subject: West_Arch-- Fwd: digitization bill
 To: [log in to unmask]

 Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate which would establish a
 trust fund for educational uses, including the digitization of cultural
 and historic material. The trust fund would be supported by a percentage
 of the proceeds from federal auctions of the radio spectrum. There are not
 many opportunities for government initiatives (particularly from Congress)
 for progressive information policy advancement. If you support this
 legislation it is important for your Congress people to hear about it.

 For background, more info and the text of the bills see:

 http://digitalpromise.org




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