[Asis-l] Questions for candidates

[Toni Carbo]

Thanks to both Michel and Nick for their very thoughtful responses to my
question.  I appreciate having the opportunity to raise questions for the
candidates and to get fellow ASIS&T members thinking about information
policy.

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




On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, nicholas belkin wrote:

> I believe that ASIS&T already does some quite substantial activities
> with respect to both of the issues raised by Professor Carbo. Education
> in information policy issues is served through the Annual Review of
> Information Science and Technology, which almost every year has quite
> strong chapters on information policy-related issues. Education has also
> been served through several JASIST "Perspectives" issues, and through
> focus on policy-related issues in the Bulletin of the ASIS&T. And, it
> has been addressed through relevant sessions in the Annual Meetings. I
> believe that ASIS&T has also had some influence on information policy
> through official statements made with respect to specific issues that
> have arisen, and membership on government and quasi-government
> organizations concerned with information policy, although these have
> primarily been only with respect to information policy in the USA.
>
> I believe that with respect to educating the members about information
> policy issues, ASIS&T is doing a pretty fair job already. Its activities
> could be improved, of course, perhaps through a regular column on the
> topic (probably by guest columnists, rather than one person) in the
> Bulletin. With respect to influencing information policy, I believe that
> ASIS&T could do better than it has done. This could perhaps be
> accomplished by such means as entering into more active collaborations
> with relevant national and international organizations to develop joint
> positions on issues of significance to information policy, and
> establishing a responsibility (perhaps through the SIG IFP) for making
> sure that the Board of Directors is kept current on information policy
> issues, such as proposed legislation, on which ASIS&T should consider
> taking an official stance. In cases where ASIS&T does take an official
> stance, it should be made widely available to the members, and they
> should be encouraged to add their individual support, as appropriate.
> Direct lobbying is probably not something that ASIS&T could, or should
> do on its own.
>
> Nick Belkin
>
> Toni Carbo wrote:
> >
> > I am pleased that we have the opportunity to pose questions to the
> > candidates for ASIS&T offices. I would like to pose the following question
> > to the two candidates for President-elect:
> >
> > In light of the many critical information-policy issues facing the
> > information profession, what can ASIS&T do to strengthen its role in
> > educating members about information policy issues and in influencing
> > policy?
> >
> > Toni Carbo, Ph.D., Professor
> > School of Information Sciences and
> > Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
> > University of Pittsburgh
> > and Editor, The International Information and Library Review
> > 605 LIS Building, 135 N. Bellefield Avenue
> > Pittsburgh, PA 15260  USA
> > email: tcarbo at mail.sis.pitt.edu
> > PHONE:    (412) 624-9310
> > FAX:      (412) 648-7001
> >
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> Nicholas J. Belkin
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> Department of Library and Information Science
> School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
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