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Primary Document: Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Writes to GPO in Support of October ARL Letter
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Full Text of Letter From Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) to GPO (2 Pages; PDF) From the Letter: As noted in the ARL statement, there is no doubt that the scholars and other public users increasingly prefer digital delivery of information—a fact borne out by the emphasis GPO itself now gives to digital delivery of […]
The letter is dated October 19, 2011 and begins: We write as coordinators of regional depository libraries to express our deep concern over GPO’s recent responses to two initiatives within the FDLP system. Given these responses, and the rejection of the 2011 Ithaka S+R report (Modeling a Sustainable Future of the Federal Depository Library Program […]
Letter: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Strongly Supports ARL’s Position on Recent GPO Decisions
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ASERL Strongly Supports ARL’s Position on Recent GPO Decisions (1 page; PDF) From the Letter: ASERL members support free and open public access to information contained in FDLP collections. ASERL believes that the future of the FDLP lies in collaborative projects, including shared and multi-state Regionals and new models for digitization and preservation, such as […]
From a New OMB Watch Article: In recent years, government has increasingly embraced the proactive disclosure of information and created online tools to increase transparency. But how do Americans discover that information? Who helps them learn how to use complex government databases and tools? The answer may be a surprisingly familiar one: libraries. Libraries have […]
ARL Releases Statement on Recent USGPO Decisions Concerning the FDLP
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From an ARL Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a statement calling upon the US Government Printing Office (GPO) to reverse its recent, troubling decisions concerning the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). ARL asked that GPO approve the University of Minnesota Libraries as the regional for the State of Michigan once it is […]
The following article appears in the FDLP Library Connection Newsletter (October 2011, Vol. 1 Issue 3). From the Article: With an interest in increasing public access to court opinions, the Judicial Conference approved a recommendation of its Court Administration and Case Management Committee for a pilot project to make lower Federal court opinions available through […]
From the Federal Depository Library Program Web Site: As part of the U.S. Government Printing Office’s (GPO) ongoing efforts to expand the Federal database collection in MetaLib, users can now simultaneously search the Federal Digital System (FDsys) and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) through a single search box in MetaLib via the new […]
From the Federal Depository Library Program Web Site: In its efforts to address the value of Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) membership and to determine baseline outcomes-based performance measures, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), working with Outsell, Inc. and the Depository Library Council, developed a survey for depository library users. The survey ran from […]
FDLP=Federal Depository Library Program Direct to Full Text From a Column by Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents: Welcome to the inaugural issue of the FDLP Connection: A monthly newsletter featuring insights from the FDL community. It was an honor to be appointed Superintendent of Documents by our new Public Printer, Bill Boarman, in January. […]
