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Libraries as Democracy Stations - Searching for e-democracy best
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Clift)
Fri Dec 17 20:01:38 2004
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:19:40 -0600
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I am looking for a few (local) governments that have worked with their
local libraries to formalize special or assisted access to online
government information via libraries. Perhaps a library where a
librarian has received training on what the local government is placing
online (particularly decision-making documents), has created handouts or
flyers on local civic content, or is actively playing an "e-democracy"
role in the community.
Also, if you are aware of e-democracy/e-government interested staff in
your local community, please pass this message along to them as well.
Thanks,
Steven Clift
E-democracy Best Practices - Submit, Draft, Discuss:
http://www.dowire.org/bp
On this new project site you can:
1. Recommend an E-democracy Project or Strategy
(Best before 31 DEC 2004)
2. Commend an Online Feature or E-democracy Practice
(Best before 24 DEC 2004)
3. Nominate "Most E-democracy Enabled Governments"
4. Nominate "Most Wired Politicians"
5. Share a Local E-Activism Story
6. Join the E-democracy Best Practices Leadership Team
7. Help draft or comment on Briefs and Case Studies
(Honorariums available for accepted topics)
8. Get a preview of the new DoWire blog and wiki system
In particular, we are looking for "undiscovered" e-democracy projects
outside the UK with relevant lessons for the UK local authorities. In
the past, I've discovered most leading e-democracy practices
<http://publicus.net/articles.html> in-person! This is because those
closest to innovation often don't realize they are ahead or in fact
innovators. Help us uncover the stories and case studies to be told.
Submit suggestions please: http://dowire.org/submit
For updates on this UK Local E-democracy National Project-funded
exploration of global e-democracy best practices, join the 2800+
member Democracies Online Newswire e-mail announcement list and new
blog: http://dowire.org
Additional UK-supported projects that I am involved with:
Enhanced Webcasting - http://www.dowire.org/webcasting
-- New online community for public sector webcasters and
multimedia folks
Civic Weblogging - http://readmyday.co.uk/blogs/
-- Local government bloggers in the UK
Local Issues Forums - http://e-democracy.org/uk
-- Many-to-many citizen forums that matter
For more information on the UK Local E-democracy National Project,
watch these sites <http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk> and
<http://www.e-dem.info>.
Please forward this message to others or mention key points in
e-newsletters, blogs, etc.
Thanks,
Steven Clift
Democracies Online
http://dowire.org
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