An empty promise
The good news is that NYSHEI’s plan for a statewide information infrastructure gained the support of Governor Paterson. The Governor included ARIA, the Academic Research Information Access act, among the projects deemed appropriate for and worthy of funding from the federal economic stimulus money received by the state.
The bad news is that the inclusion of ARIA on the “wish list” means little as the Governor put far too many projects on the wish list, and then used a disproportionate block of the federal stimulus money to plug holes in the current state budget – instead of for economically stimulative projects.
In the end, ARIA will receive no funding from the stimulus package. However, the proposal specifically, and academic and research libraries generally, continue to gain recognition and support from state policy makers.
You can find the full “wish list,” including ARIA, here under resources and links.
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