DLC Disaster Recovery / Only 4 sessions left!
Thanks to Herrick Heitman of the Washington State Library, we now have a summary of what sounds like an excellent session on Disaster Recovery for Depositories. With Herrick's contribution, there are only four sessions for which we have NO Summaries. Be the first attendee on your block to provide summaries for the following sessions: Sunday - Depository Library 101 Monday - Regionals Meeting Tuesday - FDLP Myths & Monsters Wednesday - New Depository Manual We actually only have three "contentless" session because we are pleased to offer access to Janet Scheitle's slides for Wednesday's New Depository Manual session. Finally, a hello to our new Bloglines subscribers, who now number twenty. Thanks for reading! Continue reading
Wednesday April 19th – Disaster Recovery for Depositories
To provide your own take on the Disaster Recovery for Depositories session, please either comment below, or send your notes and/or multimedia to dnlcornwall@alaska.net. Please let FGI know whether we can use your name and affiliation.
The following notes were contributed by Herrick Heitman of the Washington State Library.
All interpretations of documents and comments made are those of the notetaker and do not reflect on their home institution. All mistakes are those of the notetaker and/or FGI. Please feel free to post corrections. Moderator: Marianne Ryan—University of Maryland Presenters: Gwen Sinclair—University of Hawai’i, Manoa Dan Barkley—University of New Mexico Jan Swanbeck—for University of West Florida Janet Scheitle—Government Printing Office (These notes reflect the lessons I took from this session. They’re not in a linear “she said…and then she said…†style.) This was a good presentation that covered different scales of disaster: the burst pipes at the University of New Mexico damaged one building; the flash flood at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa caused damage throughout the campus and nearby neighborhood; and Hurricane Ivan struck the University of West Florida when that entire region that was dealing with the aftermath of previous hurricanes. Note also that some disasters are unexpected (burst pipes) and some are foreseeable (hurricanes). Prepare for the unexpected and take full advantage of any warning you may have. Continue reading
Audio of GODORT session at Spring ’05 DLC now available
Much happened and was discussed at the Spring '05 Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque, NM (schedule and notes can be found here). Were you unable to attend? Have no fear. Here is an audio recording of the Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) session on Monday evening, April 18, 2005. The panel, chaired by GODORT chair John Stevenson, included FGI's own James R. Jacobs, Elizabeth Cowell (Stanford University Library), Mary Alice Baish (American Association of Law Libraries), and Patrice McDermott (American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office). the discussion centered on issues surrounding the future of the Federal Depository Library Program. GODORT Secretary Nan Myers took notes. The audio will soon be linked from the GODORT website as well. Continue reading
Another Remix
We've added the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count to the Remix page. Continue reading
Federal Computer Week story about DLC conference
Librarians air frustrations BY Aliya Sternstein Published on Apr. 27, 2005.
Federal depository librarians, who attended the meeting in Albuquerque, came away saying much has to be done before the FDLP can truly provide permanent public access in the digital age.Continue reading