From: Deborah Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 13:05:41 PDT
Message-Id: <a05111b0abb9e40c3bb24@[192.174.2.158]> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:05:41 -0700 From: Deborah Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Shrinking World of Public Info Workshop
>A BayNet Seminar
>
>The Shrinking World of Public Information:
> What Keeps You from Getting the Whole Story
>
>One would think that in this "information age" the spectrum of
>information and opinion would be exploding. But consider:
>
> -- the withdrawal of much government information on the Web
> -- the attacks by publishers on the "fair use doctrine"
> -- the extension of copyright and restriction of the
>"information commons"
> -- the secret and not so secret collection of personal
>information by government
> -- the consolidation of media ownership
> -- the control of news gathering in global hotspots.
>
>BayNet will present a forum on these topical issues on Friday,
>October 24, 8:45 a.m. to noon at the San Francisco Public Library's
>Koret Auditorium. Speakers will include Jeff Perlstein from Media
>Alliance, Seeta Peņa Gangadharan from Stanford University, Karen
>Coyle from the California Digital Library and Lee Tien from the
>Electronic Frontier Foundation.
>
>The program is co-sponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Committee of
>CLA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Media Alliance, the San
>Francisco Public Library and BayNet.
>
>$15 for BayNet members, $25 for non-members. Coffee, tea and
>refreshments will be provided.
>_______________________________________________________________________
>
>Deadline for registration, Monday, October 20. Send your check, made
>out to BayNet, to:
>
>Marlene Vogelsang, Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard St., San
>Francisco, CA 94103 mxv6@pge.com 415-973-7206
>
>BayNet member ___ NonMember ___
>
>Name: _________________________________________________________________
>
>Employer/Affiliation _____________________________________________________
>
>Address________________________________________________________________
>
>Phone number:_________________________ Email: ___________________________
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________
>Richard Geiger, Research Director
>San Francisco Chronicle Library
>mailto:rgeiger@sfchronicle.com
>SF Gate: http://www.sfgate.com
>
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