scholarly journals Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Jacobs ◽  
James R. Jacobs ◽  
Shinjoung Yeo
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Library Program

Academic Libraries in Partnership With the Government Publishing Office

2020 ◽  
pp. 1411-1434
Author(s):  
Barbara Costello
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Government Printing ◽  
Government Information ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government

The implementation of the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40) brought the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) fully into the digital age. The transition has created expected and unexpected changes to the way the Government Publishing Office (GPO) administers the FDLP and, in particular, to the relationships between the GPO and academic depository libraries. Innovative partnerships, use of emerging technologies to manage and share collections, and greater flexibility on the part of the GPO have given academic depository libraries a prominent and proactive role within the depository program. Newly announced initiatives from the GPO, the National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information and the Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) potentially could either increase academic depository libraries' collaboration with the FDLP and the likelihood that they will remain in the program, or accelerate the rate at which academic depositories are dropping depository status.

Academic Libraries in Partnership with the Government Publishing Office

2016 ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Barbara Costello
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Government Printing ◽  
Government Information ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government

The implementation of the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-40) brought the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) fully into the digital age. The transition has created expected and unexpected changes to the way the Government Publishing Office (GPO) administers the FDLP and, in particular, to the relationships between the GPO and academic depository libraries. Innovative partnerships, use of emerging technologies to manage and share collections, and greater flexibility on the part of the GPO have given academic depository libraries a prominent and proactive role within the depository program. Newly announced initiatives from the GPO, the National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information and the Federal Information Preservation Network (FIPNet) potentially could either increase academic depository libraries' collaboration with the FDLP and the likelihood that they will remain in the program, or accelerate the rate at which academic depositories are dropping depository status.

scholarly journals From the Chair: Where do we go from here?

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Shari Laster
Keyword(s):  
Government Information ◽  
Legislative Reform ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Draft Bill

As I write this message in early March 2018, we are on the cusp of the introduction of the major legislative reform affecting access to government information.1 A draft bill, written by the Committee on House Administration, is expected to be introduced that would make substantial changes to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and possibly to the agency that administers it, the US Government Publishing Office (GPO).

VoxGov Revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Megan D. Graewingholt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
General Public ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Online Content ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
The Social

VoxGov is a cutting-edge discovery platform for finding and analyzing government information, encompassing a vast collection of official documents, legislative information, and social media content all in one place. This comprehensive resource engages researchers in fresh and dynamic ways, provides superior analytical features, and surpasses comparable products in the value and diversity of its content. For scholars, legal experts and the general public alike, the growing importance of examining the social media footprint generated by the executive branch, government agencies and legislators cannot be understated. Given the massive output and changing nature of government web presences, VoxGov is well-timed aggregator of ephemeral online content, and delivers a powerful research experience for exploring official government information in the digital age.

Public Access to Government Information in the Digital Age: Findings from China

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Sun Yu ◽  
Dang Shengcui ◽  
Fang Bin ◽  
Zhao Qiuyan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Government Information

scholarly journals “Who are ‘We the People’?” Pilot Survey Investigating Government Information Professionals: A Conversation

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Kenya Flash ◽  
Dominique Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Government Information ◽  
Pilot Survey ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
The People ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
The Future ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
We The People

At the fall 2017 Federal Depository Library Program conference, a chance conversation regarding government information librarians’ average salaries evolved into a survey to learn who is working with government documents. In the course of the conversation, it became apparent the roles and duties of government information professionals were shifting. After some consideration, the authors determined that the best course of action would be to ask government information professionals about their perceptions of who they are and what they consider the future of government information librarianship to be.

scholarly journals Cutting through the Fog: Government Information, Librarians, and the Forty-Fifth Presidency

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kian A. Flynn ◽  
Cassandra J. Hartnett
Keyword(s):  
Public Libraries ◽  
First Century ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
The Public ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Library Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The presidential election of 2016 and the ensuing forty-fifth presidential administration have been marked by an increasingly polarized electorate, concerns about “fake news,” and a greater use of social media. President Trump and his administration have utilized the increased disintermediation of information consumption by communicating directly to the public and going around the “experts.” These phenomena raise issues for government information librarians concerned with the production, distribution, consumption, and preservation of government information, and impact the public’s understanding of—and trust in—government information. The government information issues we see today are not entirely new, as past governmental obfuscation has been well documented, but confronting these issues in the twenty-first century poses unique challenges. Fortunately, individuals, institutions, and libraries across the country are responding to this unique moment with a host of innovative solutions that promise to keep Americans informed in these turbulent times. Current engagement around these issues is reflected in educational programming at universities and public libraries, citizen actions such as the Data Rescue movement, and hybrid projects such as the End of Term Archive. The Government Publishing Office (GPO) is due for modernization, and statutory reform of 44 U.S.C., chapter 19, is being debated by the Committee on House Administration, library associations, and the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) community. To meet the long-term needs of our users, librarians should advocate for the strengthening of existing structures for federal information such as the FDLP, LOCKSS-USDOCS, and the Hathi Trust Digital Library. Future initiatives must ensure that official legal processes remain in place to protect government information, while leaving room for creative nongovernmental collaborations as well.

scholarly journals Weeding Digital Government Information Resources: Considerations and Strategies

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Paul Riermaier ◽  
Williams Bandoma ◽  
Sue Gagnon ◽  
Janet Marler ◽  
Sandra Standish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Library Program

Weeding is a systematic approach to the removal of resources from a library’s collection. In the weeding process, materials are identified for withdrawal in order to maintain a collection that is accurate, updated, well-used, meets the needs of the users, and is in line with the library’s mission. When weeding tangible resources that are part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), a depository library must ensure that its weeding policy follows the Legal Requirements & Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program and any separate guidelines set by the Regional Depository. However, there are no specific rules or guidelines to follow when weeding digital FDLP resources. This means that individual libraries have more leeway to craft digital weeding procedures that best serve their institution, patrons, and the community at large. In this article, we will discuss initial considerations when developing a process for weeding digital depository materials, we will examine different methods for analyzing a digital collection’s size and usage, and we will review methods for maintenance and weeding of digital resources.

scholarly journals The Poetry of Government Information

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Amy Brunvand
Keyword(s):  
Government Information ◽  
Dark Night ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Library Program ◽  
Shadow Side

Anne Carson’s Autobiograpy of Red is one of those beloved poetry books that everyone kept telling me to read, but somehow I never got around to it until recently. Imagine my surprise to find government documents librarianship at the crux of the story! In Carson’s poetic novel, our hero Geryon is so full of artistic and erotic passion that he appears as a winged red monster. After he is dumped by a lover, “Geryon’s life entered a numb time, caught between the tongue and the taste,” a poetic dark-night-of-the-soul rendered metaphorically as a job shelving government documents in a joyless library basement. The forlorn, distinctly unpoetic texts are stored on shelves labeled in all caps, “EXTINGUISH LIGHT WHEN NOT IN USE.” This accuracy of detail suggests that back in 1998 when the poem was written Carson had most likely encountered an actual Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) collection. Nonetheless, she is kind to the librarians who occupy their dusty world willingly and consider Geryon “a talented boy with a shadow side.” Now that so much government information is online, this gloomy subterranean library may someday come to seem like pure imagination, a poet’s fanciful invention of an impossibly drab occupation.

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