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Reading between the tea leaves: more about revising Title 44
More about revising Title 44 We learned a bit more about GPO’s intentions with regard to revising Title 44 when GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks testified at a Hearing of the Committee on House Administration on July 18, 2017. Hearing, July 18, 2017 In June, Vance-Cooks asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to make recommendations for changes to […]
This is not a drill. The future of Title 44 and the depository library program hang in the balance.
As we wrote last week the Government Publishing Office (GPO) has asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to recommend changes to Title 44 of the US Code. We believe this is a bad idea at this moment in history and worry that the unspecified changes GPO wants will result in damage to the FDLP and long-term […]
Montana Library Association passes Resolution to fund US govt publications preservation
Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, the grande dame of government documents — she’s got a GODORT award named after her for gosh sakes! — sent me this announcement. The Montana library Association, at its annual membership meeting in March, 2017, passed a packet of resolutions including their Resolution on Funding the Preservation of Federal Government Publications (text […]
Depository Library Council class of 2017 named
Congratulations to the Depository Library Council class of 2017: Erik Beck, Jane Canfield, Mary Clark, Donna James, Celina McDonald. These five new DLC members will serve from June 1, 2017 – May 31, 2020 Erik Beck: Digital Services Librarian, University of Colorado Law School, William A. Wise School of Law, Boulder, CO. Eric is the […]
Review of 2016 in anticipation of 2017
It is January and time once again to review what last year brought to libraries and the FDLP and where we should put our energies in the coming year. 2016 In 2016 GPO issued a series of policies that express its intentions to enhance both access to and preservation of government information. While we applaud […]
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