Report on the Information Commons
June 21, 2004
The
Free Expression Policy Project, a think tank based at NYU School of Law, recently released a report outlining the current state of the "
Information Commons" and new models for increasing public access to information. As the report notes, digital technology has enabled new forms of information sharing, but technology also "invites new forms of information enclosure." The report considers several initiatives, like the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition and the
Public Library of Science, that are building the foundation of such a commons. Nancy Kranich (pictured right), former president of the
American Library Association, produced the report, which is available on the
Free Expression Policy Project webpage.