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  • the federal Depository Library program fdlp academic libraries and access to government information
    The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
    Co-Authors: Paul T Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot, John A Shuler
    Abstract:

    The electronic environment has significantly shifted Library capabilities and user expectations for the delivery of government information and services. At the same time, many laws of the federal government have pushed for the creation and distribution of government information through electronic channels. However, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) continues as though these changes will not have a large impact on the program. It is time for a meaningful reevaluation of the FDLP program and approaches to government information by academic libraries generally. Drawing upon a range of Library research and policy analysis, this paper argues for changes in both concept and practice in the provision of government information by FDLP and other academic libraries and in the educational preparation of future academic librarians. Further, this paper asserts that such a discussion needs to occur beyond considerations of the current economic environment, which some libraries may view as a reason to restructure the FDLP to achieve cost reductions.

  • implications of harmonizing the future of the federal Depository Library program within e government principles and policies
    Government Information Quarterly, 2010
    Co-Authors: John A Shuler, Paul T Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot
    Abstract:

    article i nfo For more than 150 years, the United States Government Printing Office (GPO), along with its Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), has supported an informed citizenry and democracy by ensuring access and preservation to a broad swath of federal government information. This collaborative national public information program between local libraries and the national government, if it is to survive beyond its second century of service, must overcome profound challenges within a rapidly evolving complex of e-government policies and principles. The FDLP can (and must) find a way to serve its traditional values - permanent and publicaccesstogovernmentinformation -thatallowsforgrowthandchangewithinthedemandsofadynamic electronic environment between the governors and the governed.

  • a new order of things the political future of documents librarians and a national system of federal Depository libraries
    Government Information Quarterly, 1994
    Co-Authors: John A Shuler
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    Abstract This article places the efforts of documents librarians to reform the Federal Depository Library Program (DLP) in an historical and political perspective. As with many other earlier efforts of reform, the recent “Reinventing Access to Federal Government Information,” held in October 1993, would raise doubts, once again, about the public institutions and national information policy arrangements that support the Government Printing Office and its DLP. The specific reforms calling for centralized information should be abandoned. The Depository Library system's political power and public convictions were never fully expressed through the program's various national administrative incarnations. Its true community purpose flows from the local conditions and information needs of each Depository Library community. Democratic distribution of public information must begin and end within these local areas and regions.

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  • The Federal Depository Library Program in 2023: One Perspective on the Transition to the Future
    College & Research Libraries, 2009
    Co-Authors: Peter Hernon, Laura Saunders
    Abstract:

    The Government Printing Office (GPO) administers a Depository Library program that provides the public with access to government publications, including digital ones. For years, the GPO, its Depository Library Council, and documents librarians have discussed the future role of member libraries. This article explores a different, but critical, perspective: that of directors of university libraries within the Association of Research Libraries. Thirty directors reviewed different scenarios and selected the one they envision their university assuming. The findings have implications for librarians in any Depository Library program and others interested in the future role of libraries as collection and service centers for government information resources.

  • Depository Library service expectations and the superintendent of documents, government printing office
    The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
    Co-Authors: Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan
    Abstract:

    The Depository Library program is one of cooperation between the United States Government Printing Office and member libraries. The GPO oversees the receipt and printing, bibliographic organization. In a broad sense, the agency ensures that the public has access to these collections and services and that the libraries comply with the expectations stated in documentation.

  • the Depository Library program in the 21st century the issue is one of which services to offer
    The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
    Co-Authors: Peter Hernon, Robert E. Dugan
    Abstract:

    There has been extensive discussion of the Depository Library program administered by the US Governement Printing Office (GPO) becoming, by the early 21st century, an electronic Depository program. Both Congress and the GPO support change. The purpose of this essay is to assess the climate of change, raise key issues missing from the national and local discussion, and encourage greater focus on services and less attention to visions of structural change

  • Electronic census products and the Depository Library program: Future issues and trends
    Government Information Quarterly, 1991
    Co-Authors: Peter Hernon, Charles R. Mcclure
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    Abstract This article reports on a study that reviewed the types of electronic media in which census products intended for Depository Library distribution appear. Paper copy distribution for census publications remains important. In fact, the Depository librarians interviewed regard paper copy and CD-ROM as the primary distributions formats. Electronic bulletin boards, in the future, may assume third place among the primary distribution formats. The article also identifies key issues related to increasing access to electronic information via the Depository Library program and reviews some scenarios for the provision of government information products to Library clientele. The study suggests that libraries are including more electronic services and are providing for remote access to Library collections and services. However, a number of key issues require attention if future electronic census products are to have increased access through the Depository Library program.

  • Electronic census products and the Depository Library program: Future issues and trends
    Government Information Quarterly, 1991
    Co-Authors: Peter Hernon, Charles R. Mcclure
    Abstract:

    Abstract This article reports on a study that reviewed the types of electronic media in which census products intended for Depository Library distribution appear. Paper copy distribution for census publications remains important. In fact, the Depository librarians interviewed regard paper copy and CD-ROM as the primary distributions formats. Electronic bulletin boards, in the future, may assume third place among the primary distribution formats. The article also identifies key issues related to increasing access to electronic information via the Depository Library program and reviews some scenarios for the provision of government information products to Library clientele. The study suggests that libraries are including more electronic services and are providing for remote access to Library collections and services. However, a number of key issues require attention if future electronic census products are to have increased access through the Depository Library program.