World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

[Eliot Christian <echristi@usgs.gov>]

The current WSIS documents are leaning toward treatment of
"Information Society" issues as almost a basic declaration
of rights. There are quite a few very positive statements
in both the "Draft Declaration of Principles" and "Draft
Plan of Action", especially with regard to public access
to government information and the roles of libraries and
archives. I would highly recommend a quick read of both at:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1104|1106

Eliot