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Peer reviewedGoldman, Patti A. – Government Information Quarterly, 1990
Discussion of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) focuses on its applicability to computer records. Agency practices to ensure access to information are considered; requests, litigation, and administrative appeals that have helped clarify the FOIA are described; and computer software, electronic mail, computer programing, and requested formats…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Court Litigation, Databases
Hoduski, Bernadine Abbott – Library Journal, 1987
Discusses the final report of the American Library Association's Commission on Freedom and Equality of Access to Information, which addresses such issues as telecommunications, access to electronic and government information, preservation, illiteracy, censorship, copyright, libel, postal rates, and the future role of libraries in providing access…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedHernon, Peter; McClure, Charles R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1993
Provides an overview of U.S. federal information policy and its treatment of electronic information resources. Highlights include government publications; electronic government information; main providers of government information, including the Government Printing Office; the Freedom of Information Act; public access and use; information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Databases
