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Fixing the Depository Library System: Some Thoughts on Vacuum Cleaners, the "Manifesto," and the State of the Government Information Distribution System, with a Modest Proposal to Remedy the Various Ills Therein: A Viewpoint.
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Seavey, Charles A. – Journal of Government Information, 1994
Discusses problems in the U.S. depository library system and offers suggestions for improvement, including cutting the List of Classes so libraries have more control over material selection; adding more public libraries as depositories; and restructuring regional depository library responsibilities so they do not have to keep all publications.…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Government Publications, Library Collection Development
The "U.S. Monthly Catalog" and the "Publications Reference File" as Collection Development Tools.
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Reno, Ramona L. – Journal of Government Information, 1994
Reports on an analysis of the availability of publications contained in the 1991 "Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications" through depository libraries, the Government Printing Office (GPO) Sales Program and its Publications Reference File (PRF), and federal agency distribution centers. Implications for collection…
Descriptors: Costs, Depository Libraries, Federal Programs, Government Publications
Civic Librarianship: Possible New Role for Depository Libraries in the Next Century?
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Shuler, John A. – Journal of Government Information, 1996
Discusses the Government Printing Office (GPO) Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993, which shifted the Federal Depository Library Program's emphasis from local collections building to the Superintendent of Documents and the GPO, and outlines implications of this shift from collection building to citizen information service.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Information Dissemination
A U.S. Government Publications Collection in a Non-depository Research Library: A Case Study.
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Weatherly, C. Diann – Journal of Government Information, 1996
Offers a case study of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, library without depository status, which maintains a government documents collection through microfiche and subscriptions and compares it to depository libraries in terms of staff, shelving, binding, collection analysis, and quality of service. The future of electronic government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Depository Libraries
U.S. State Documents in Academic Libraries.
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Yang, Zheng Ye (Lan); da Conturbia, Sandra – Journal of Government Information, 1998
Presents results from a survey examining how academic libraries in the United States manage and promote their state document collections. A questionnaire focusing on general information, coordination of state documents, use of state documents, and electronic access to state documents was distributed to 350 libraries with 277 returned. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Government Publications
Alternative User Survey and Group Process Methods: Nominal Group Technique Applied to U.S. Depository Libraries.
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Richmond, Elizabeth B.; McKnelly, Michele T. – Journal of Government Information, 1996
Assessing user needs is vital to planning and development of collection and service policies in depository libraries. Community surveys, published surveys, library internal reports, and databases are alternative sources of user information. A group process, such as the Nominal Group Technique, which creates a listening forum, may be more effective…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Group Discussion, Information Sources