Video: Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is the Focus of a U.S. House Committee Hearing
The Committee on House Administration held a hearing yesterday titled, “Transforming GPO for the 21st Century and Beyond: Part 3 – Federal Depository Library Program.
ALA’s Gavin Baker points out in this District Dispatch post that this was the first hearing about the FDLP in 20 years.
Read the Complete District Dispatch post.
A video recording of the hearing is embedded at the bottom of this post.
The name of each panelist is linked to their opening prepared statement.
Witness List
First Panel
Ms. Laurie Hall
Acting Superintendent of Documents, Government Publishing Office
Second Panel
Mr. Mike Furlough
Executive Director, HathiTrust Digital Library
Ms. Celina McDonald
Government Documents & Criminology Librarian, University of Maryland
Ms. Beth Williams
Library Director, Stanford Law School
Mr. Stephen Parks
State Librarian of Mississippi
See Also: Letter from Pru Adler (ARL) to Committee
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.