Date: 5/13/97 12:09 PM RE: NGI comments by ALA endorsed by NINCH NINCH MEMBERS: You may be interested to see the comments submitted by the American Library Association on the Next Generation Internet Concept Paper. At NINCH's suggestion, final language included "museums, historical societies, the cultural community," (in comment no. 3) and the "arts and humanities" (comment no. 4) to broaden the reference of comments to include that of our community beyond that of libraries. See also the second paragraph in which NINCH's endorsement is noted. ******************************************************** COMMENTS ON DRAFT NEXT GENERATION INTERNET CONCEPT PAPER The American Library Association (ALA) is grateful to have the opportunity to offer comments on the Draft Next Generation Internet Concept Paper. ALA is a nonprofit educational organization of 58,000 librarians, library educators, information specialists, library trustees, and friends of libraries representing public, school, academic, state, and specialized libraries dedicated to the improvement of library and information services. A five year-initiative, ALA Goal 2000, aims to have ALA and librarianship be as closely associated with the public's right to a free and open information society--intellectual participation--as it is with the idea of intellectual freedom. These comments are endorsed by the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage. NINCH is a coalition of arts, humanities and social science organizations formed to assure the fullest possible participation of the cultural sector in the new digitally networked environment. NINCH seeks to encourage the development of the NII as a means to preserve, access and creatively build upon our cultural legacy, in a manner that embraces the fullest understanding of the nation's cultural heritage. [98 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=2831602&hilit=CULTURAL+FUTURE> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&2830760 Score: 80 Subject: Re: Kashmir: Bridging the Understanding Gap / Opposing arguments