roundtable: FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE

roundtable: FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE

FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE

Vigdor Schreibman - FINS (fins@access.digex.net)
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:23:30 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:23:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970820111840.20199C-100000@access4.digex.net>


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FINS SPECIAL REPORT                                         AUGUST 20, 1997
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FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY INAUGURATES NEW WEBSITE
Host is SunSITE at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Washington, DC--Federal Information News Syndicate announced today that a new
website for Fins Information-Age Library ("FIAL"), has been established. 
Host of the new archive is SunSITE (Sun Software, Information, and Technology
Exchange) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  SunSITE is part of Sun
Microsystems' pioneering program to showcase the value of networked
information technology through grants and partnerships with selected
universities.  Fins Information Age Library, home page, includes a purposive
set of directories for relevant information, critical synthesis, and dialogue
focused upon the emerging philosophy of the Information Age.

The URL of the new FIAL is http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS/.

Among the most important new documents and links installed at the new archive
are the following:

     *  Albie Davis article on, "Liquid Leadership," featuring the wisdom
        of Mary Parker Follett, an early 20th-century American of special
        distinction, recently described by Peter Drucker as "the brightest
        star in the management firmament" [Fins-MPF-03].

     *  John W. Warfield article on, "How To Design A Meeting: Context,
        Content, Process"; advice from the guru of group dialogue for all who
        seek the design of group organization to competently deal with
        contemporary complexity [Fins-PS-03].

     *  John W. Warfield annotated bibliography from the master, on
        complexity, organization, and design [Fins-PS-04].

     *  Vigdor Schreibman article on, "Knowledge Organization for the
        Betterment of Humankind" [Fins-KO-01].

     *  PubLib-Net discussion on Library Internet filtering [Fins-II3-01].

     *  Seven national library associations cooperative proposals for      
        reform of government information policy [Fins-PI3-01].

     *  Karin Geiselhart article on, "Moving towards the millennium," a 
        PhD student essay presented at proceedings of the International
        Federation of Information Processing, on 'Culture and Democracy
        Revisited in the Global Information Society' Corfu [Fins-TI2-01].

     A copy of the "home page" for FIAL, is annexed.

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     FINS INFORMATION AGE LIBRARY
     HOST: SunSITE@UTK 
     URL: http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS
     (Revised August 20, 1997)

   
     Archive of the Federal Information News Syndicate (FINS). Carefully
     selected documents in a purposive format, communicating the
     emerging philosophy of the Information Age.
   
     About FINS, and the Editor's fight for freedom of the press.

        * Read Me
        * Internet Press Gallery Project
          

     Relevant Information. Public policy papers, US Congressional bills, US
     Public Laws, and other documents pertaining to global information and
     telecommunications systems.

        * Public Information
        * Information Resources Management
        * Information Infrastructure
        * Telecommunications Infrastructure
        * Global Information Infrastructure Links

          
     Critical Synthesis. Documents connecting global information and
     telecommunications systems with the paramount social and ecological
     purposes, which should govern the Information Age.

        * News Columns
        * Special Reports
        * Periodicals and Newspapers
        * Sustainable Development       
        * Vigdor's Choice Links
          

     Dialogue. Knowledge organization, and a technique for 
     popular governance, to uncover the "wisdom of the people."

        * Knowledge Organization
        * Mary Parker Follett
        * People Science
        * Association For Community Networking
        * democratic Cyberspace Society
        * CS Process
          

   This page is maintained by Vigdor Schreibman. Questions, comments,
   and/or suggestions should be directed to fins@access.digex.net


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Federal Information News Syndicate, Vigdor Schreibman, Editor & Publisher, 
18 - 9th Street NE #206, Washington, DC 20002-6042.  Copyright 1997 FINS. 
Internet: fins@access.digex.net.  Browse the new Fins Information Age Library
now located at URL: http://sunsite.utk.edu/FINS/.
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