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Letter: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries Strongly Supports ARL’s Position on Recent GPO Decisions
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|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 […]
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 FDLP Desktop: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been keeping track of the upcoming implementation of the new cataloging standards, Resource Description and Access (RDA). The RDA project page has been updated with new information about changes to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) as a result of RDA implementation at […]
From the GPO: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is partnering with the University of Iowa Libraries to preserve and make available in digital format historic Government-issued posters from pre-World War II to the 1990s. The University of Iowa Libraries is providing public access to the collection of 1,500 posters promoting services, programs, and initiatives […]
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 […]
Here’s a link to a 20+ minute interview with Bill Boarman, Public Printer of the United States. It aired on NBC 4 (WRC TV, NBC owned station in DC) and is now available on the GPO’s YouTube channel. Boarman discusses a number of topics with program host, Jim Handley. Direct to Interview
From a AALL Washington Blawg Post by Julie M. Strandlie, Director, Government Relations: The Senate Appropriations Committee, late Thursday evening (9/15), considered the Legislative Branch appropriations bill, which includes funding for the Government Printing Office (GPO). The Subcommittee did not mark up the bill, instead sending it straight to the full committee for consideration. [Clip] […]
From a GPO Announcement (PDF): The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has made available for the first-time the official edition of the 9/11 Commission Report in an eBook format. The report details the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks, and provides recommendations designed […]
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 […]
From The Hill: The offices announced on Wednesday the addition of an Application Programming Interface for FederalRegister.gov, which enables information technology developers to create new applications with information published on the site. “The API is an open data tool packaged in a light-weight, Web-friendly data transfer format that requires only a Web browser or client […]