[from Kevin Reynolds, Chair, Committee on Legislation Government Information Subcommittee]
Below you will find the text of six resolutions resulting from the collaborative work of the ALA Committee on Legislation (COL) Government Information Subcommittee (GIS) and the GODORT Legislation Committee. These include:
1. RESOLUTION ON EPA LIBRARIES [link [1]]
2. RESOLUTION ON SAVING FEDERAL LIBRARIES [link [2]]
3. RESOLUTION ON THE FEDERAL RESEARCH PUBLIC ACCESS ACT OF 2006 (FRPAA) [link [3]]
4. RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION FOR PATRICE MCDERMOTT [link [4]]
5. RESOLUTION CONCERNING ADVOCACY FOR FEDERAL LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS [link [5]]
6. AALL RESOLUTION ON NO-FEE FDLP ACCESS TO PACER [link [6]]
The first four resolutions were adopted by the ALA Council. The Resolution Concerning Advocacy for Federal Library and Information Programs was endorsed by GODORT and GIS, but was not sent to Council as a resolution. Rather, the idea expressed in it was accompanied with a request to form an ad-hoc COL subcommittee to examine the situation of federal libraries and to recommend steps that ALA can take to improve the status of federal libraries and librarians. This was included in the COL report to Council, which was accepted. Finally, the AALL Resolution on No-Fee FDLP Access to PACER was forwarded to us by the American Association of Law Libraries. GODORT and GIS endorsed this resolution and it was also included in the COL report to Council.
If you have any questions about these resolutions, please do not hesitate to contact me or Mary Mallory, GODORT Legislation Committee Chair. Many thanks to all of those who contributed to the crafting of the resolutions.
Sincerely,
Kevin Reynolds
Chair, COL Government Information Subcommittee
Assistant University Librarian for Learning and Access Services
Jessie Ball duPont Library
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
Phone: 931-598-1366
FAX: 931-598-1702
Email: kreynold@sewanee.edu [7]
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http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/incentives_progress_oct2005.doc [8]); and,
Whereas, The first proposed incentive listed in "Progress Report 2" is to: "Provide depository libraries with access to fee-based government information database services and other government information products so-called cooperative publications which must necessarily be sold in order to be self-sustaining under 44 U.S.C. § 1903; and,
Whereas, Depository libraries today have no-fee access to several agency fee-based government information databases, such as STAT-USA, USA Trade Online and the National Climatic Data Center Online Document Library, and the "Progress Report 2" notes that it would be appropriate for GPO to negotiate access to fee-based databases on behalf of the FDLP; and,
Whereas, Providing PACER to users of depository libraries at no-fee will increase greatly access by the public to important federal court information and strengthen the collaboration between GPO, the federal courts, depository libraries and the public which is the very essence of the FDLP partnership; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the U.S. Government Printing Office should negotiate with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to make the PACER system available at no cost to users of federal depository libraries; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution be forwarded to appropriate members of Congress, including the Joint Committee on Printing, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and the Depository Library Council.
Endorsed by the AALL Executive Board, April 1, 2006
Endorsed in Principle by COL/GIS 06/26/2006
Endorsed in principle by GODORT 06/26/2006