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U.S. Depository Librarians in Reality and Myth: A Framework for a Future Government Information Program.
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Sulzer, Jack – Journal of Government Information, 1996
In order for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and depository libraries to assume their new role in the electronic environment, librarians need to examine their current technology, deal with political realities, and be critical of FDLP ideals. The FDLP needs to be reorganized into a new system of information centers to provide the best…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
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
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