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Committee of DDC Users in the Greater Washington, DC. Area, Washington, DC. – 1969
A change in policy of the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) with regard to supplying hard copy and/or microforms of reports caused problems to users of the DDC Technical Report Service. Discussions among users of the service, a questionnaire survey and committee reports summarized basic user concerns, provided selected statistics and a look at…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Libraries, Information Services, Library Services

Stone, Richard T. – Special Libraries, 1975
Government documents and information services in Australia are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Government Publications, Information Services, Library Services
Conaway, O. B., Jr. – 1970
The committee's primary objectives were to evaluate the adequacy of the relationship of Federal libraries to other information activities in the government and to determine the role of the library in a total, integrated information system. A statement in considerable detail of the origin and development of extra-library information programs was…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Libraries, Information Services, Information Systems
Fry, Bernard M.; Libbey, Miles A. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1970
This article provides an overview of a new project for a long-range program of research to improve the quality of Federal technical library and information services. (MF)
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Information Services, Library Research, Library Services
National Agricultural Library (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1976
The primary service of the National Agricultural Library (NAL), the distribution of information about agricultural literature, is accomplished through: (1) establishment of on-line data bases: Cataloging and Indexing (CAIN) containing bibliographic records of documents in the Library, and Serials Titles Automated Records (STAR); (2) automated…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Databases, Government Libraries

Smith, Ruth S. – Special Libraries, 1973
The administrators of government information review some of the problems behind federal document and information services and present their views of the future. User queries elicit responses, but some questions are left unanswered. (Author)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Libraries, Government Publications, Information Centers

Stiles, William G. – Canadian Library Journal, 1980
Discusses the basic philosophy underlying the provision of service by state libraries and how these libraries can adjust this philosophy and their lines of authority to get involved in the forthcoming dissemination of government information. References are provided. (CHC)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Information Dissemination
Pinelli, Thomas E.; And Others – 1980
As Phase I of a comprehensive evaluation of the NASA-affiliated Langley Research Center's (LaRC) scientific and technical information (STI) program, an internal survey was conducted to obtain feedback from LaRC scientists and engineers concerning the effectiveness of the STI program. The first stage of the survey, which involved interviews with 64…
Descriptors: Engineers, Government Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Calkins, Mary L., Comp. – 1978
This guide to information services used by the Environmental Research Center (ERC) in Cincinnati, the scientific and technical information focal point for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explains the online searching services available at the Cincinnati Library, outlines the procedure for requesting a literature search, and…
Descriptors: Databases, Environmental Research, Federal Government, Government Libraries

Hernon, Peter; Dugan, Robert E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Libraries assume a significant financial obligation in the provision of government publications and products. The Government Printing Office (GPO) service roles, service pledges, and depository library service roles are discussed. The GPO's Superintendent of Documents (SUDOCS), an electronic depository program, will place a significant financial…
Descriptors: Costs, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Government Libraries
Durkin, Robert E., Ed. – 1971
The second conference on Federal Information Resources continued the discussion, begun in 1970, between the Federal library and information community and the research library community. Although each had its particular mission and problems, there is agreement that some problems are common to the two groups and that, in at least some instances, the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Conferences, Federal Programs, Feedback
Kasowitz, Abby S., Ed.; Stahl, Joan, Ed. – 2001
This publication features work presented at the Second Annual Virtual Reference Desk Digital Reference Conference (October 6-17, 2000, Seattle, Washington). These proceedings include papers and presentations by conference presenters representing public, academic, and government libraries, as well as subject-specific AskA services, from the United…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Government Libraries, Information Networks
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1971
This Handbook explains the services and policies of the Library and Information Division. Since October 1957, the Public Housing Administration, the Federal Housing Administration and the Office of the Administrator Libraries were consolidated into one Library. The Program Information Center was added, additional Regional Office libraries were…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Government Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Services
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on scientific/technical information and libraries, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Patents as Information--An Unused Resource" by Richard D. Walker (United States); (2) "Survey of the Information Services of the Library of the German Patent…
Descriptors: Arabic, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Spence, Karen J. – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Discusses the establishment of a digital National Library of Energy Science and Technology, a key initiative that the Department of Energy is pursuing to make its program and research and development information accessible to the public. Describes the program objectives, features of the National Library, potential performance measures, benefits,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Government Libraries, Information Services
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