This article does not really address copyright law relevant to arts organization or artists, but is an interesting look at Canadian libraries and demonstrates the dramatic differences that exist even between common law countries. For example, in the , <EM>fair use</EM> (most simply, nonprofit use is fair use) is practiced. However, in Canada, United Kingdom and Australia, the operative concept is <EM>fair dealing</EM>. That is, most simply, all reproduction is copyright infringement except for a very few and very narrowly defined exceptions.

This article deals with the repression of nonconformist artists in the Soviet Union under communism.

This 1992 book lists financial resources for international arts excange programs, residencies, and other international arts programs. This book also provides a brief history of financial support for international art exchange.

These technical tables prepared by the Research &amp; Evaluation of the Canada Council provide an overview of provincial trends in Canada Council support of the arts.

There has never been such a range of arts and heritage activities available to such a diversity of people in Britain. That is the achievement of forty-five years of state support. Throughout the country there are more galleries, museums, professional orchestras and opera companies than ever before. The number of international-class creators and performers that Britain can boast matches all other European countries, a claim that would have been difficult to sustain at any time since the age of Shakespeare, Tallis and Inigo Jones.

The use of evaluative indicators has spread over a number of years from the field of economic performance evaluation to a variety of public policy areas.This trend has, in the U.K., been enhanced by central government initiated managerial reforms of public administration, of which local government is a part. These reforms have concentrated on the ideas surrounding the concept of value for money, economy, efficiency and effectiveness and have included the use of explicit standards and measures of performance (Jones 1992). Such explicit standards often manifest themselves in the form of...