FYI: SYMPOSIUM:SCI. AND TECH. DATA & INFO. IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

[Tom Moritz <tmoritz@amnh.org>]

The SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION
IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN will be held 5-6 September 2002, at the [U.S.]
National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, 2100 C Street NW, in Washington,
DC.

The Symposium will bring together leading experts and managers from the
public and private sectors who are involved in the creation,
dissemination, and use of STI to discuss:  the role, value, and limits of
public-domain STI in the research and education context; the various
legal, economic, and technological pressures on producers of public domain
STI, and their potential effects on research and education; the existing
and proposed approaches for preserving the public domain or providing
"open access" to STI in the United States; and other important issues in
this area that may benefit from further analysis.The meeting will be free
and open to the public, but advance registration is required. For
additional information and registration, please visit the Symposium web
site at:
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/biso/Public%20Domain%20Symposium%20Announcement.html

or contact the project director,
Paul Uhlir, tel. (202) 334 2807;
e-mail:   puhlir@nas.edu.

Tom Moritz                                              212-769-5417
Boeschenstein Director, Library Services        212-769-5009 - FAX
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