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Promoting the FDLP
The GPO just released a new video promoting the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), a network of 1250 libraries across the US where the public can get access to government information in a variety of formats. This is a nicely done, succinct explanation of the FDLP. It's nice to see friends and fellow government documents librarians expounding on the FDLP! Thanks GPO!!
Guide of the Week: Immigration
Today's Guide of the Week from the ALA GODORT Handout Exchange comes to us once again from Bert Chapman: Government Documents on Immigration (Bert Chapman, Purdue University, 1999) Last updated 6/18/2008 As Bert points out in his introduction, "Immigration has been and remains an important and controversial issue in U.S. history and contemporary public policy." After pointing helpful subject headings with which to search the Purdue library catalog, he turns to highlighting a number of sources including:
- Administrative Decisions Under Employer Sanctions & Unfair Immigration Related... HSSE DOC J 1.103:
- Immigration: Analysis of the Major Provisions of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (Congressional Research Service)
- Office of Immigration Statistics
- United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees
- New Zealand Immigration Service
Guide of the Week: Indiana
In case I haven't made it clear by now, the ALA Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) Handout Exchange Wiki has guides for all levels of government information. For instance this week's guide: Indiana Government and Politics (Bert Chapman, Purdue University, 2008) is dedicated to the US State of Indiana, which has emerged as a battleground state in the 2008 Presidential Election. So what has Bert Chapman found out about Indiana resources? Here is a sampling of the materials he has listed:
- Here Is Your Indiana Government HSSE REF 353.9772 In2c
- Election Report: State of Indiana HSSE REF 324.772 In22a
- West's Indiana Law Encylopedia HSSE REF 347.03 W52
- Indiana Campaign Finance Database
- AJR Newslink Indiana Newspapers
Live blogging DLC
Hi all. I just landed in Washington D.C. and gearing up for Depository Library Council meeting for the next three days. I'm trying out this new tool called CoverItLive that will allow me to live blog the conference (if you want to help, let me know and I'll add you as a panelist!!). Please check back here as the window below will *hopefully* be in real time. This also depends on wireless access. Check out the meeting agenda and leave me a comment if there's anything from which you really want a report. Wish me luck!
Guide of the Week: Guide Search Engine
This week, instead of highlighting a specific guide, I'd like to highlight the fact that the ALA GODORT Handout Exchange Wiki now has a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) that covers 611 sites linked to from the Handout Exchange. You can find the CSE at the bone crunchingly long URL of: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004167096080728781323%3Aglzqvfjgqky. If I were you, I'd just bookmark it now. There is also a link to the CSE from the front page of the guide. It's not perfect because Google itself is not perfect, but it can be a good way to do cross disciplinary searches of guides or to find professionally selected information on countries. Here are some searches for you to try by clicking:
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