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Strengthening Title 44 part 1: Modernize definition of “publications.”

Modernizing the FDLP We recently made several recommendations for strengthening Title 44 of the U.S. Code. In a new series of posts, we will explain the reasoning behind each of those recommendations. Our first recommendation suggests how a very simple change to Title 44 would modernize the FDLP for the digital age and explicitly broaden […]

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Stanford Library Director sends letter to Committee on House Admin in support of Title 44 and the FDLP

On Friday, Stanford Library Director Michael Keller sent a letter to the Committee on House Administration (CHA) in support of Title 44 and the FDLP (attached and text below). This same letter will also be going out to the Senators on the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). With his permission, we are posting it here […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Here we go again: GPO wants to change Title 44

In case you missed it, in a simple announcement after the 2017 annual ALA meeting GPO Director Davita Vance-Cooks asked the Depository Library Council (DLC) to make recommendations for changes in Chapter 19 of Title 44 of the U.S. Code (Title 44 Modernization: Contribute Your Ideas, FDLP (June 27 2017). This is a big deal. Chapter 19 […]

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