Unofficial Transcript of unofficial audio session provided by James Staub. Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. 200704171030 FDLP-DLC TRAINING 1034 TIM BYNRE 1035 slide 1035 slide GoPIG training – at depositry / public docs interest group meetings. Annual multi-day training sessions, training also incorporated into monthly meetings 1038 slide GoPIG training – occasionally meet at agency office. Denver has highest number of fed agencies outside Washington DC. Experience: depository librarians do better training than agency staff, especially those without training staff/programs. 1041 slide five state government documents conference 1044 slide GPO consultant proposal – funding never materialized 1046 slide CU hires grant writer – Liz Bishoff – TB found himself more interested in training than digitization or retrospective cataloging. 1047 slide Finding a Grant – identified the Laura Bush 1047 slide planning committee – Chris Brown, U Denver, has one of the most creative minds for using technology and government information 1048 slide planning committee expanded 1049 slide evolution of training concept – initially to train depository librarians, but evolved into training non-depository librarians as well. 1050 slide two issues with electronic government information – with electronic access, libraries no longer need to refer patrons to depository libraries 1051 slide BUT – referrals continue, not so much to the collection of depository libraries, but the expertise of depository librarians. 1052 slide depository librarian as trainer 1052 slide central repository of training material 1053 slide central repository of training material – GPO offered to host, but they weren't ready to provide. WebJunction was selected as host. Although we would pay, users would not. http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=14562 1054 slide final plan – year one 1054 slide final plan – year two 1059 KIRSTEN CLARK slide Government Information in the 21st century (Gi21) IMPLS grant HANDOUT Government Information in the 21st Century, 1p Train the trainer conference, June 6-8 at U CO, Boulder 1101 slide Conference concepts [there's some feedback from the speakers here...] 1104 slide Conference attendees 1106 slide attendees by state 1107 slide what is a module? 1109 slide the modules 1111 slide module list (by June) 1112 slide module list (by August 2007) 1113 screenshot [wiki] 1114 slide two inderfaces of webjunction 1117 slide screenshot webjunction Gi21 front page - http://www.webjunction.org/gi21 is the URL for the Government Information in the 21st Century home 1118 slide screenshot something 1119 slide screenshot about the program 1120 slide module template 1121 slide screenshot demographics [module] - http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=14573 1122 slide screenshot module contents [on URL above] 1125 slide screenshot key resources 1127 slide screenshot see also 1127 slide fitting in – versioning: handouts are appropriate in some training situations, web pages in others. 1128 slide screenshot module contents, again 1128 slide screenshot land resources 1129 slide screenshot copyright – one click something or another... 1130 slide fitting in – subtopics 1130 slide screenshot intellectual property law – we are trying to figure out how we pant to break topics down into manageable subtopics 1130 slide screenshot [I'm not quite sure what it is] – how do we let people know we're on a subtopic page? 1131 slide screenshot ? 1131 slide next steps 1135 [might have missed some] slide after the conference 1136 slide contact information QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL KX, ALA: public libraries don't all have high-speed access KC: not many images, files are pretty simple, hopefully fast download 1138 GS how scalable? TB we want to take it to a large scale, but haven't had that conversation yet GS if you decide you want to change platforms, can you get the stuff out of WebJunction? KC not easily. WebJunction is really trying to make this work. NM state library would house if WJ falls through. The content won't disappear. WJ is pushing for a long-term commitment. RA we focused on WJ because of their development thrust – it is growing into a valuable resource. The upfront investment in getting things into WJ will pay off for us and for them to continue system development TB ... QUESTIONS FROM AUDIENCE 1142 Barbie Selby, LofVA – module coordinators have access... who has to pay? KC $ comes from grant for the first 2 years. FYI, material additions come from me and Jenny because of the WJ technical setup 1144 BARBIE S – can GPO use OPAL with WJ for remote training? KC WJ has live meeting capability Teddy P – I would propose looking at WJ archiving – and GPO could make these sessions available RA on Barbie's first question – we subscribe to WJ on behalf of all the state's libraries. We have tab editors for the six tabs of WJ NM. Their content management is not as complicated as the CM in this project. 1147 DD, ALA – this is a fed grant – are the modules available to non-WJ partner states? KC this is available openly. We could restrict access, and chose not to. DD, ALA – fed money -> available to all. At the end of the grant period, will WJ provide free and open access in perpetuity? KC there is that piece... DD I've been on panels that rejected grants because of this KC we have a partner willing to make stuff available RA the ongoing fee will be to update and to add. NM has agreed to do this. Hopefully other partners will share. 1150 BS state library discussion tonight at 5 in Aspen room signup for tour of 10th circuit court of appeals library. 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Unofficial Transcript of unofficial audio session provided by James Staub. Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. 200704170830 FDLP-DLC DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION more than 100 in the room 0837 Moment of silence for Virginia Tech 0838 ANNOUNCEMENTS get well card for Robin thanks to the folks who made last night's reception possible new wifi code 0840 TED PRIEBY key takeaway today – commitment to GPO's mission of ready, free and permanent public access slide title 0842 slide introduction 93% percent of new titles in FY2006 were available in EL libraries can pull FDSys will continue to allow pull GPO is considering push GPO is considering push via item selection Retention obligations would have to be investigated 0844 slide 2005 biennial survey might develop a detailed digital deposit survey to accompany 2007 biennial survey 18% indicated current download 33% willing to receive most of these interested in only a small number of files 0846 slide October 2006 depository library council many attendees interested in having digital distribution issue: who owns the files issue: what requirements are placed on libraries receiving the files 0848 slide definitions pull ... there are no retention or access requirements 0848 slide definitions push... 0849 slide general assumptions 1.electronic files will continue to be available for pull COUNCIL DOES NOT COMMENT 2.under FDLP distribution, push would happen RA: is there going to be a retention requirement? TB: currently Yes under Title 44 requirements, but we should be working with JCP to reevaluate 3.a high percentage don't want to receive, and those that do want few files GS: my institution has had a sea-change. In many ways, we don't know what libraries will participate, because they don't know what we're asking yet. BS: when you go out and re-survey, don't ask how many files, but how much space can they contribute? RA: I think GS is right – there is experience since the last survey. Some libraries are pulling. GPO needs to learn from their experience. TB: To summarize: Council wants survey of community of institutions that are pulling RA: It makes for a two part survey, and it would be worth it U Kansas: [can't hear, but has something to do with storage space] 0856 TB GPO has some metrics on space needs TimB if GPO had surveyed for microfiche or CD-ROMS, they would have seen very little interest, too. 0857 4. redundancy is needed to ensure future public access, and FDSys will provide this capability, either by storage at multiple sites, by relying on preservation partners, or both mechanisms. MS you're talking about preservation masters? TB yes MS which is different from access copies pulled TB I'm interested in conversation about both distribution – access files – and preservation masters 0859 5. GPO will distribute digital files optimized for public access... GS if we have preservation partners, then 5 is only true of a subset of libraries TB 0901 6. If aegis of FDLP, then Title 44 applies NO COUNCIL QUESTIONS 0901 Richard A slide issues related to digital distribution 1.authenticated files accessed from a GPO server may display differently from individual files displayed on individual library servers RA: why? Big question: will the content change? 2.costs associated with management and storgae of digital files are significant and can be a constraint on some libraries 3. depository libraries may have different system requirements and configurations for the servers where digital distributed files will be located 4. as a practical matter, selective and regional libraries will only be required to retain access derivative files so long as they work in their electronic delivery environment. This is analogous to current requirements for maintenance and care of tabgible documents, where due care... 0906 slide questions for discussion 1.file differences/synchronization PH GPO must have unique identifiers plus timestamps – easier to compute than hashes MS does the community feel replacement is appropriate, or do we want access to tracking versions GS you're asking how, and I'[m not going to weigh in on how. Preservation is nto our domain. When we talk about this, we are talking about bit-level preservation TimB the best way: give us the files and let us play with them RA have we got any experience yet with playing? AUDIENCE 0910 Scott Matheson: data sync is useful for many libraries, but research orgs need the serialization of old copies. LOCKSS does this. 0911 Pat Ragens, U NV Reno – id parts and versions distinclty is essential. We have a small test project on congressional hearings related to NV. We used OCLC numbers at the beginning, but not sufficient in all cases – multipart publications scanned separately. Something like the OCLC number as unique identifier is established and worth pursuing KS we do this at fed in st louis. We pull and save all iterations. GPO needs to offer options. Public libraries only want most current. TB digital distribution – would profiles include “we want newest and latest only”? PH some institutions might not want archival quality – deliver optimized files AM that sounds like it contradicts what we research orgs want. I don't want overlays, I want to track changes over time. TB GPO wouldn't overwrite... AM we want both options – some will want only current versions 0916 Amy West, U of ? - current practice with tangible items doesn't have a problem with keeping vs pitching superseded, why is this a problem in digital? PH when you distribute in the field, systems crash, people lose stuff, and lose the means to reconcile their collection. They need these means. 0918 Steve Woods, Penn State – authentication – we're going to play with pushed files, how can we maintain – and how can users determine – authenticity RA you might not have the ability to play Lisa Russel, GPO – if you change the file, you break the signature PH what is the authentic version – the archival version? LR a policy issue we'll have to address RD we would want to authenticate the preservation master. Access level will also be authenticated by GPO. 0921 Donna Kepp, Harvard – if a library decides to not pull or push, couldn't we get these files anyway? TB – yes DK – will all versions be there? TB – yes 0922 Dan Barkley, U NM – I don't understand PH's scenario PH DB TB content will always be available through FDSys, but synchronization is still a constraint/risk DB but you would still have access? TB as long as they have access to the FDSys DB we assume that anything we do would be in compliance with Title 44 – and the analogy with paper stands. TB DB being a regional, we would still get everything? TB a policy issue DB another comment: in one of the assumptions, there's no clear articulation for preservation/conservation, but that's an inherent responsibility, and we do it even without a clear mandate from Title 44 0926 RA meeting rearrangement – please forward questions after this session ? LA State U – pushing slightly different versions – can you notify which parts have changed? TB version control – there will be version triggers, but how this gets conveyed is not yet determined. PH this is a very expensive endeavor. We have discontinued this practice because of its cost. ? that's what I was afraid of 0929 RA slide 2. should regionals have to accept and retain all digital files pushed to depository libraries? Are subsets or subject specialties going to be allowed for regional libraries GS I think the answer to the first part is no. On the second question, absolutely. TimB regionals need flexibility. We need to be able to play and determine what's going on. Title 44 is subject to interpretation and definitions – definitions have changed from Judy Russel to TB's presentation today. Changes in GPO staff change policy. RA BS I think the horse already left the barn. We aren't required to have GPO Access pushed to us, and it will be hardr to convince my administration to do it now that the precedent has been set to the contrary. Kdavis, ALA? Isnt the real issue access? Title 44 is about access and retrievability. RD the question will be: are we talking about regional responsibility in terms of access or some other model – preservation-level masters 0935 Kathy Hale, PA State Library question 1: no – I don't think we have the server space. It would crowd out PA-specific stuff. 0936 Ann Sanders, Library of MI 1.No – for the tangible model, the out is sharing collection. Census information regional responsibility isn't to house, but to ensure access 2.glad to see the phrasing, selection by agency is no longer appropriate 0938 Aimee Quinn, ? 1. yes – as a selective, I depend on the regional to have everything. I would be nervous without redundancy to back up FDSys GS another way of asking question 2 – is 100% of the content available through regionals AQ I believe in shared regionals – and I believe that the concept of the regional is vital Cindy Etkin – redundancy is built into FDSys ?? Clairemont, CA – if everything is available on FDSys, I don't understand why regionals would do this at all. 0941 slide 3. When GPO makes a new or changed version of a digital file available, what responsibility do the libraries have to inform their users about other versions? MS at root this is a political question. We all want to trust our government. It is much easier to modify the record in an electronic environment. Do we trust the GPO as the keeper of the tablets? Are libraries in the position to protect this record across multiple versions? It is still a quesiton whether libraries comply with a withdrawal request. AM my first instinct with this question is as a reference librarian. I am a large selective, and there is no way in hell I can tell all my users about the changes. In my mind, we need that information to travel with the file, as with printed material. RA BS if you push changes in a file, aren't you pushing changes to the metadata, too? Something different – when things disappear from online access PH we allow certain users to track changes – we handled changes through metadata Amy West, U MN – depository material is changing by nature. Furthermore, my political inclinations color what changes I would note. Metadata/timestamp push could overcome this bias. Steve X, U Notre Dame – when we glued pages into census publications, did we alert all users to this change? Stop trying to recalculate workflow based on new formats. Regionals need to stop whining. Regionals should serve as regionals. Fulfill your obligations or become a selective. 0951 RA thanks for your passion TimB if the IN regional became a selective, then he could not discard PH technology allows you to do things you can't do with tangible, e.g., mass emailing of changes 0953 slide 4. Is the role for the libraries wishing to receive the preservation level files to ensure redundancy for permanent public access? ... AM Yes. RA MS “wish” is troublesome. Standards are evolving for trusted digital repositories. I would like to know that the wishers are adhering to these standards, and that the standards are enforced Elizabeth Cowell, Stanford, geographic distribution is important, so is administrative. We need other funding streams keeping things safe at other institutions. ?? UKY – the answer: yes. The redundancy is not just within the Federal Government, but outside. We might not want to take everything, but we need ... Steve Woods, Penn State. 2 and 4 ask – what happens if GPO becomes defunct? FDSys is great, but will it be around forever. Our responsibility is to maintain the integrity of our recorded history. Do we have a plan for the collapse of GPO – to retain all that has been spent to retain the system? 0957 Barbie Selby – role not only for libraries, but other internet orgs like archive.org, open content alliance, google TimB digitization of technical reports – agency does not have the stuff we have. We cannot depend on them KS TB this is a policy decision – I don't have a definitive answer RD we support the public through the FDLP – the funding we receive is to do this, provide this access PH private industry is very interested in public information en masse AM I second that 1001 adjourn Continue reading →

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Unofficial Transcript of unofficial audio session provided by James Staub. Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. 200704161330 FDLP-DLC ELECTRONIC SERVICES HANDOUTS Information brief : The new federal depository library directory Information brief : The new federal depository library directory #2 : administrative module FDLP Desktop 2.0 Browse topics beta 2.0 1338 LINDA RESSLER FDLP directory 1339 slide phased approach contractor has a deadline – we hope to release new functions by the end of the summer 1340-ish slide new features admin module is available with password authentication – libraries can directly change their own profiles new fields: catalog url, partner library, notes fields (“The library is currently on fire”) 1344 slide screenshot login 1344 slide screenshot directory password retrieval 1344 slide screenshot directory input form 1345 slide screenshot library profile 1345 slide screenshot library profile editing 1346 slide screenshot library profile editing bottom 1346 slide screenshot change contact screen 1347 slide help 1347 slide screenshot map / bottom 1348 slide screenshot directory search results 1349 slide screenshot public profile view 1349 slide steps to implementation includes OPAL training session 1351 slide questions QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL 1351 GS – we currently pull data from the fbb – will there be an API for pulling the directory from CGP? LR – there will be an export feature in the fully implemented directory GS – what about real-time access? LR – I'll get back to you 1352 ?? from ?? - can we get alerts of updates? LR – there will be an internal alert service, and we'll 1353 ?? San Antonio, can we put links in the notes field? LR – I'll check ?? relabel “notes” “public notes” 1354 KS – creating a lot of databases – will they link to each other so info does not have to be changed in 12 places? LR – I can only speak to the CGP ones [i.e., no] 1356 KAREN SEGAR Browse topics [web site on screen] 15 categories 1400 will track stats to determine most used resources Kathy Amen was the beta tester – thanks! MOU has been submitted to GPO by OSU, and this will determine implementation timeline ? how long does it take to become a contributor? KaS please contact Barbara or Suzanne Julie Linden, Yale U – Will GPO catalog each topic? KaS I'll confer with Lori afterwards JL – some kind of metadata would increase visibility Valerie Glenn – I was playing around with the site KaS the system is beta – we have placeholder topics right now... 1407 FDLP DESKTOP screen on site 1409 navigation – now have pulldown menus pointing to the various “buckets” 1413 [follows link to FDLP promotional graphics] 1413 [back to Desktop] 1415 [go to calendar] 1416 searching the desktop 1418 [return to Desktop] profile allows needs and offers tool through the site profile 1420 dead air 1421 more on profiles 1422 needs and offers 1424 my links 1426 registration will be through these tools, and should be much more reliable 1428 privileges 1428 moderated chats QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL 1430 ST souther Illinois – will the public be able to see a Needs and Offers list? KaS right now it's not, but we could ST explains 1431 TB lot of acronyms – can you unpack them for the new folks? KaS – will do QUESTIONS Amy West – Needs and Offers – is there a batch capability? KaS we can look into ingest 1433 AM can you search the needs and offers? KaS they are available in site search. There is a restricted search to N&O, too. 1434 ?? [she didn't say her name earlier, either] item amendment... too slow, too painful. KaS please fill out the evaluation form and mention the functionality you need Saron Partridge, Jefferson Co Public Library – can we link folks who offer an item with folks who need it? KaS we cannot do that now, but it's a great suggestion 1436 KaS we're getting a new domain 1437 PH linking the directory with the experts directory council has requested – I think he's asking how do you decide what's public and what's not 1438 AM seems like we're missing opportunities to link services. There need to be next steps to put everything in one place KaS we're trying to make the Desktop that place for the FDLP community. Browse topics and the Desktop are running on the same program, and might be integrated 1440 Barbie Selbie – which platform is that? KaS – basically, MySQL and PHP – tools well documented 1441 BS Anouncements 1442 adjourn Continue reading →

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Unofficial Transcript of unofficial audio session provided by James Staub. Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. 200704161030 FDLP-DLC FDSYS UPDATE 1035 MIKE WASH One year since the contract for Master integrator was awarded to the Harris group 630 – 1300 on recording – check for quality – I was taxing the hard drive at this point trying to create disk space 1046 we are 2/3 of the way through planned spending on FDSys 1049 release 2 will contain preservation function 1050 slide FDSys program status detailed testing will happen next month the little itty bitty fdsys 1052 CARY GIBB slide fdsys communications updae 1053 slide fdsys communications update 1053 slide fdsys communications update – another starting conferences contact us at pmo@gpo.gov 1054 slide fdsys communications update – beta testing for 1B 1055 MATT LANGRAFF slide Release 1B Interview 1056 slide content submission 1057 slide release 1b content submission 1058 slide release 1c content submission 1059 slide screenshot 1102 slide screenshot of print order form 1102 another slide screenshot of print order form 1102 slide screenshot 1103 slide screenshot upload file 1103 slide screenshot publication tab – metadata input 1103 KATE SWORD slide metadata and content packages 1105 slide what is a package? Warwick framework used to ensure metadata connection to the digital object 1106 information package life cycle 1107 slide METS: data about metadata 1108 slide content metadata 1109 slide [diagram] 1110 slide descriptive metadata 1110 slide administrative metadata 1111 slide a layered approach 1113 LISA LAPLANTE 1114 slide access and delivery 1115 slide release 1b access and delivery 1116 slide release 1c access and delivery 1118 slide screenshot fdsys search results, and another 1120 slide screenshot of fdsys search results, sorted 1121 slide screenshot of fdsys search results, “navigators” and filtering 1122 slide screenshot fdsys content detail 1124 slide questions and answers slide staff antique photo QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL 1125 PH – being able to find what you're looking for within the system.Suggest that GOP collect feedbak on what's not working 1125 PH – suggests GPO work heavily on marketing 1126 PH – suggests training for users with such a complex interface will be very helpful LL – GPO is looking into synonyms/aliases to help search results Celine Delucky – number of plans in the works for training 1128 PH – will there be an ability for users to mine their own searches [?] ? LL - 1129 KS – how much work did you do with the Web harvesting pilot? ML – I was program manager for the Web harvesting pilot, and looking toward integrating tools in the FDSys in release 2. QUESTIONS FROM AUDIENCE 1131 Barbie Selby, UVA – RD mentioned handles vs. PURLs. What's that mean for OpenURL? Gil Baldwin, GPO – OpenURL is a more ganualr application than we were aiming for, but we believe that handles will support OpenURL 1133 Kim ? U Maryland – how does FDSys ingest geodata? What standards are being used? Kate Sword – release 1b doesn't include geodata LL – partnerships – we will need to work with the community to determine the best way to handle geodata 1134 AM – suggests GPO contact XXXX for help with geodata in libraryland 1135 Cathy Amon, from ? What's the relationship between CGP and FDSys? Kate Sword – when FDSys is released, you can search for content in both systems. We hope to integrate the two into one single interface for access 1136 XX, Clairemont College – we are evaluating what we want to do with our depository collection... where do libraries come into this? Will my administrators be asking why we need a depository library at all? Suggests to councl they develop an answer, suggestions BS the community continues to wrestle with this question 1138 RD the FDSys provides access files, but libraries might also provide access copies and participate in digital deposit 1140 GS – librarians have a place in the FDSys as experts – a library link on the page 1140 MAB, AALL – Agencies fulfill their GPO obligations at varying levels. What success have you had with outreach? MW – we have been somewhat successful with outreach, and we need to do more. We need to continue to prove that there are technical solutions to authentication problems. We have worked closely with OMB – they are looking to see agencies interoperate and communicate. Dick Burke, system architect at OMB, is very interested in FDSys – he's been citing our work as a best practice, which is exciting to us. 1144 AM I want crawling to be robust in the system – agencies want the easiest route possible. If we continue to ask for filled out forms, etc etc, then we will continue to have fugitive documents. MW – we are working with agencies to make things as easy as possible for the content providers. We have and continue to spend time telling folks how hard it is for our work to work in a world of self-publishing ML – met with users to go over user interface, and will continue. We don't want to create a system that makes more work. AM – GPO needs to be like a butler – everything gets done, but you hardly notice that he's there. Celine DeLucky – we have been talking to many information gateway folks – webmasters, etc. 1150 Marsha Marster? Where? - I see really important environmental documents – they need to be in the mainstream of FDSys RA we are in a transitional stage. NM digital archive project – we quickly moved from state documents to fugitive documents related to New Mexico. We librarians could play roles as interpreters. We should focus on regional and state-level information. 1153 PH A lot of the most powerful computers in the world integrate information from multiple sources and allow people to find the information they're looking for. I see FDSys evolving into... libraries would be feeding authenticated information into the system 1155 Steve Woods, Penn State – suggests GPO harvest extant metadata – we have cataloged websites – use our metadata. Question: of the 200K harvested docs, how many have metadata? Also, work to ingest numeric data sets. ML – session tomorrow on harvesting – please attend! 1157 adjourn Continue reading →

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Non-anonymous corrections are welcome. 200704160830 FDLP-DLC GPO UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENTS wifi code is on the bulletin board reception at Colorado history museum tonight 0837 Bill Turry introduction 0838 Bill Turry begins 0840 named Ric Davis as acting superintendent of documents 0840 I fully support the partership of GPO with the FDLP libraries 0841 GPO annual report for 2006 secure intelligent documents, and other list items leading toward fulfilling the 21st century vision 0843 finances : eliminating positions and rerouting the money 0843 changes in party control of Congress most GPO oversight positions are filled by women for the first time in history 0846 funding at essentially flat levels 0847 we need the support of the library community to make needed requests Congressional printing 109.5M up from 70M to cover shortfalls under the current continuing resolution 33M -> 45M for staffing 33M is for depository program 12.5M up, 40% of this 7.4M for new projects 10.5M to support FDSys, which will be ready to go public this year. Releases 2 and 3 coming up. 0851 legacy digitization 0851 building move is not supported by the Congressional Budget Office, who scored the project at $320M cost. We will ask the JCP for advice when they get seated. 0853 passports. Public demand for passports is very high. Annual production rates at GPO may rise to 20M passports per year – rapidly becoming one of GPO's biggest products. 0854 productivity measures training partnerships collaboration and outreach 0855 authentication 0856 Title 44 should be updated, but we need to wait for the new JCP 0857 RIC DAVIS more than 200 registrants for the conference – but lots back at home. Take this information back to them. FDLP Desktop will be updated with proceedings, and podcasts will be made available 0859 GPO's commitment to no-fee access 0859 the theme of this conference is partnerships 0900 0901 GPO has procured OPAL – CGP training is archived and available. [dealing with harddrive problems] civil rights collection is being digitized. WW2 collection, too. 0904 public and private laws beta test, including authentication 0905 harvesting – first pilot is complete 0906 digitization 0907 OPAC live for just over a year z39.50 implementation by new automation librarian 0908 FDLP Desktop redesign 0909 PURLs – moving to handles, identified as the permanent locator of choice for FDSys 0909 AskGPO – working on redesign of the backend and workflows, and more training, and I am confident you will see an improvement in service. I believe that accountability in resolving your questions is the most important thing that we do. Contact me directly if you have an unresolved question 0911 assessment 0911 metrics – since december, outcome measures have been posted monthly to the FDLP Desktop. Help us by telling us which metrics you need. 0912 New content for library users NTIS pilot – DARTS – 250 depositories are signed up already PACER – approval might come this fall, and GPO is working on implementation method 0914 housekeeping Fall DLC : Doubletree hotel in Arlington, Oct 14-17 Depository of the year nominations are being accepted All depository libraries should have at least one staff subscribed to GPO-FDLP-L Thanks to GPO staff 0917 JAMES MALDEN, standing in for Robin Digitization of legacy collection 0919 online education with OPAL 0920 fall dlc 0921 spring 2008 dlc location and dates will be announced soon 0921 interagency seminar the week of July 30 0922 requests for GPO speakers 0923 depository distribution. The claims backlog has been down for the past three months GPO has had problems with its address file 0924 0925 public access assessments 0926 communications – administrative notes, FDLP-L, and perhaps postcards 0926 nominations for Depository Library of the Year are being accepted now 0929 TED PRIEBBY 0932 focus on eliminating lag time for updating fdlp desktop 0932 replacing WAIS 0935 partnerships 0937 new federal depository handbook. Monday May 7 is the deadline for comments on the 5 chapters released earlier this month 0938 metrics 0940 LORI HALL [still dealing with drive problems... she's mostly talking about CGP improvements] PURL cleanup product tests FDLP Library Directory – new product – available through CGP. We need your help cleaning up the data, adding additional data for new fields. 0950 cataloging and acquisitions Cataloging staff has been helping with other projects, hence the low numbers Jeff Rowbinski is new acquisitions manager 0952 lost docs 0953 some output statistics... 0955 little projects brief bibs – acquisitions records added early in the process and devloped over time 0956 Serial Set information in CGP – individual reports have 440 serrial statement 0957 5K+ active serials – working on checking these in to the CGP 0958 DTIC's automated metadata extraction – GPO has draft MOU with DTIC to investigate 0959 oursourcing historic shelf list – 1M cards dating back to 1880. GPO will reissue the job 1001 QUESTION GW timeline on implementation of WAIS replacement? TB current configuration is 20-some servers, and problems largely come out of their indexing problems. We will be consolidating these to 4 servers. 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