Describes the development of a methodology for document analysis based on the RASKE ("Rakenteisten Asiakirjastandardien Kehittaminen") project which is studying legislative documents produced in the Finnish government and parliament. Topics include initial results; main phases of the analysis; domain definition; object, state, and…

Focuses on the Library of Congress's housing of the Declaration of Independence from 1921 until its transfer to the National Archives in 1952. Also, discusses the library's role in preserving Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Lists print and Web resources. (PEN)

This selected bibliography lists government publications geared for preschool children through high school students in the areas of American Indians, astronomy, crafts, drug and alcohol abuse, energy, environment, food and nutrition, history, the postal service, safety, space science, and weather. Suggestions for locating and obtaining government…

Provides an annotated bibliography of 104 items on a variety of topics received by federal government depository libraries from midyear 1992 to midyear 1993 that were selected for general interest, lasting value, or timeliness. (LRW)

Developing literature on late twentieth century U.S. immigration rhetoric has failed to attend adequately to the character of sovereignty claims in contemporary immigration politics. This essay demonstrates the centrality of sovereignty discourse by examining texts created by the state, specifically public affairs videos produced and distributed…

The purpose of this paper is to suggest realistic guidelines that balance public access to government information and the need to protect sensitive data. Emphasis is on lessons learned from a 1979 case where the government attempted to prohibit the Progressive Magazine from publishing an article about making a hydrogen bomb and government…

During the first half of the 19th century, the United States grew from a nation confined to the Atlantic seaboard to a country on the verge of becoming a global power. One factor prompting this growth was the United States' growing intellectual, economic, and strategic interests in the Pacific Ocean. These growing interests were fueled by the…

Over the past several decades, millions of digital objects of significant scientific, economic, cultural, and historic value have been published and distributed to libraries and archives on removable media. Providing long-term access to these documents, media files, and software executables is an increasingly complex task because of dependencies…

This bibliographic guide covers federal-level documents from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Mexican government. It includes bibliographies and catalogs, organization directories, serials and series currently published by government institutions, censuses, annual reports, congressional records, legal materials, and…

Concludes that state laws affecting access to government records vary in their degree of openness but tend to support the concept that government should operate in the public view. (RB)

This annotated bibliography lists 53 federally published catalogs and bibliographies which identify films and other audiovisual materials produced or sponsored by government agencies; some also include commercially produced audiovisual and/or print materials. Publications are listed alphabetically by government agency or department, and…

Designed for use by the reference librarian in searching for congressional subcommittee publications with incomplete bibliographic information and/or too recent to be listed in the CIS Index or the Monthly Catalog, this index consists of two lists. The first is an alphabetical listing by name of each subcommittee and includes the name of the…

These profiles of 28 depositories and government documents libraries in the state of Alabama itemize official depository status, subject concentration, and location of the documents within the library for each institution. The profiles also explain the organization and classification scheme of the document collection, circulation parameters, and…

This compilation of government publications related to the development of the Copyright Law of 1976 includes Copyright Office Studies, legislative reports from both houses of Congress, legislative hearings, and public laws. Preliminary studies, which were begun in 1955 as the first step in the revision of the U.S. Copyright Law, are listed in the…

The system, designed as a result of this study provides for a separate collection of government publications, with a single country-based notation scheme which makes it possible to display the publications on the shelves in a manner conducive to browsing. The document code number not only establishes the shelf position of each publication but…