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Ok, now that the issue of possession is in its proper perspective, I agree with Daniel — its time to put the larger picture together.

As I see it, the framework for the “next century project” — a form of government information librarianship (and librarianship in general) that exists regardless of the format or technologies — can be built from these planks:

1. Recognize the importance of librarians and their institutions in the sustainability of a dynamic civic culture.
2. Seek to establish the most effective techniques individual bibliographic institutions can contribute to a national system of government information access, preservation and organization.
3. Create standards/protocols to inform best practices on how to integrate the impact of e-government services into our institutions.
4. Develop a model graduate curriculum/studies to prepare the next generation of government information librarians.
5. Build effective rhetoric of advocacy for open, free and permanent access to government information that binds the shared interests of our various professional associations. This shared rhetoric should come from consensus and not assent.
7. Deliver various programs of public education and outreach about government information policy structure that takes into account the cyclical nature of partisan election, but is not dependent on it.
8. Fashion new models of management and public service for government information resources in our institutions.

That should be enough to keep us busy for the next 59 days.

See you on Day 58