Fwd: Re: [Asis-l] Questions for candidates

[Michel J. Menou]

I am resending this reply to Toni Carbo, which I have not yet
received through asis-l

Best regards,

Michel J. Menou             mailto:Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr 

This is a forwarded message
From: Michel J. Menou <Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr>
To: asis-l-admin at asis.org, Toni Carbo <tcarbo at mail.sis.pitt.edu>
Date: Monday, August 25, 2003, 9:33:34 PM
Subject: [Asis-l] Questions for candidates

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Good and timely question Toni, thanks.

About education:
May be we can use the technology in order to provide a better and
easier access to the many resources that are covering these issues.
May be we can mobilize members and the young generation that faces the
advent of Big Brother to help organize these resources. And to
contribute original pieces.
For sure we can propose more courses and debates.

About influencing
Hopefully providing a better and more visible focus would help. But
once more it is by cooperating with the many organisation, academic
and NGO's that are actively engaged in the policy discussion and
formulation processes that we might have our share in the difficult
exercise of bringing more sense.
This assumes that "information" organizations will also liaise with
the many other societal interests that are directly concerned. Policy
is by nature holistic.

Michel


Monday, August 25, 2003, 3:47:07 PM, you wrote:

TC> I am pleased that we have the opportunity to pose questions to the
TC> candidates for ASIS&T offices. I would like to pose the following question
TC> to the two candidates for President-elect:

TC> In light of the many critical information-policy issues facing the
TC> information profession, what can ASIS&T do to strengthen its role in
TC> educating members about information policy issues and in influencing
TC> policy?

TC> Toni Carbo, Ph.D., Professor
TC> School of Information Sciences and
TC> Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
TC> University of Pittsburgh
TC> and Editor, The International Information and Library Review
TC> 605 LIS Building, 135 N. Bellefield Avenue
TC> Pittsburgh, PA 15260  USA
TC> email: tcarbo at mail.sis.pitt.edu
TC> PHONE:    (412) 624-9310
TC> FAX:      (412) 648-7001

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