200510161030 – Depository Library Council – GPO Update
[Anybody want to help me with timestamps on this "transcript"? - JS] [I will. - Daniel] A helpful list of abbreviations for personal names used in this posting Download audio file of this session
The Basic Timestamps [Audio recording begins after Ric Davis' reading of Judy Russell's letter] 0:00:00 Mike Wash describes progress on GPO's Future Digital System (FDSys). 0:34:00 Questions from Depository Library Council. 0:44:00 Questions from the audience.
The Detailed Version JR has emergency family business and will not be joining the conference. RD is sitting in as JR and delivers her prepared remarks. [And somehow James S. managed to not record this…] RD offers a nod to the "unofficial" bloggers in the audience :) The mechanics of Council business for this meeting: The Depository Library Council will develop a vision document to deliver to the Public Printer Wednesday morning. Continue reading
New on FDSys: October 24, 2005
According to our scans of the main FDSys page, no new files have been added to their web site, although the Library Voice of User Survey has been updated with a summary of comments. Our thanks and compliments to the FDSys office for announcing full survey results on their blog. The only thing we could ask for would be to release all the comments from the survey instead of providing a summary. We'd also like to thank the FDSys staff for offering to do the following:
Definitions and clarifications of terms used in the survey that respondents indicated were confusing will be posted by October 21, 2005 to the Library Survey Results page on the FDsys Web site located at http://www.gpo.gov/projects/fdsys.htm.FGI staff agree with GPO that some of the survey questions could be interpreted in multiple ways. Continue reading
200510 – Depository Library Council – Personal name abbreviations James S. is using in his DLC posts
GPO STAFF BJ: Bruce James: Public Printer of the United States: US Government Printing Office JR: Judith (Judy) Russell: Managing Director: Information Dissemination, US Government Printing Office MW: Mike Wash: Chief Technical Officer and co-Director of the Office of Innovation and New Technology. RD: Richard (Ric) Davis: Acting Director: Library Services and Content Management, US Government Printing Office TE: Thomas (TC) Evans: Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Initiatives, US Government Printing Office DEPOSITORY LIBRARY COUNCIL AM: Ann Miller: Head, Public Documents and Maps Department: Duke University BS: Barbara S. Selby: Government Information Librarian: University of Virginia CE: Charles D. Eckman: Principal Government Documents Librarian: Stanford University CM: Cheryl Knott Malone: Associate Professor: University of Arizona DA: Duncan M. Aldrich: DataWorks Coordinator: University of Nevada, Reno Continue reading
200510191030 – Depository Library Council – Plenary Session with Public Printer of US part 2
Download an audio file of this session A helpful list of abbreviations for personal names used in this posting 0:00:15 MP: Law libraries want paper because the issuing agencies recognize paper as the only official version. 0:00:50 DA: Horse and buggy, paper and electronic. 0:02:25 MS: Publishers anguish over the loss of control of content as libraries seek to customize it. We want platform-neutral content. 0:05:10 BJ: responds. Carnegie-Mellon is developing automated language translation. We need to work with big agencies to help them prepare documents in a fashion that will produce accurate automated translations. 0:07:00 CM: asks for an update on the mass digitization of the legacy collection. BJ: … 70% of the FDLP collection will be online by the end of 2007. We need to determine what other documents need to go into the collection. E.g, the Federalist Papers are not FDLP, but are undeniably important. Continue reading
200510190830 – Depository Library Council – Plenary Session with Public Printer of US
Download an audio file of this session A helpful list of abbreviations for personal names used in this posting 0:00:00 BS: Council Aerobics 0:03:45 BJ: The GPO troops reported that they felt this was the best meeting so far. 0:05:10 This is the best job I've ever had. 0:06:45 Tales of Thomas Benedict, a previous Public Printer. In 1895 he moved from steam to electric power. A few years later, he purchased electric trucks and got rid of the horses. GPO still has the stables in the basement. 0:09:05 We fear that letting go of the past will lead to worse constituent service. BJ describes the physical GPO building and its antiquated-ness. 0:11:00 Describes the plan to move GPO facilities 0:11:40 "a marvelous scheme" [referring to the plan to deal with the GPO building] 0:12:20 The GPO $35 million budget is mostly devoted to overhead costs associated with the building Continue reading