American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library, from the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

Federal Citizen Information Center http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

World War II Poster Collection, Northwestern University, http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/.

• ALA American Library Association.
• GODORT Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association.
• NCLA North Carolina Library Association.
• FDLP Federal Depository Library Program.
• GPO Government Printing Office.
• SUDOCS Superintendent of Documents Classification System.

EDUCATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR GOVERNMENT INFORMATION LIBRARIANS

Library School Classes on Government Information,
http://www.bsu.edu/classes/atkins2/classes.html

Commonly used textbooks

• Robinson, Judith S. Tapping the Government Grapevine: the user-friendly guide to
  U.S. government information sources, 3rd ed. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998.
  Davis stacks, Davis Reference, SILS reserve ZA5055.U6 R63 1998
• Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States government information sources, 6th ed.
  Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
  Davis Reference, Z1223.Z7 M665 1999.
• Hernon, Peter, et.al. United States Government Information: Policies and Sources.
  Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
  SILS, ZA5055.U6 U55 2002,

Documents Librarians Groups

North Carolina Library Association, Government Resources Section. http://www.nclaonline.org/grs/index.html.

GODORT, Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT

American Association of Law Libraries Government Documents Special Interest Section.,
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/gd/

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Government Information and Official Publications Section, http://www.ifla.org/VII/s17/index.htm

Email lists.
Government Documents Listservs, this links to the lists below.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT/membership/listservs.html

• GovDoc-L, primarily Federal information.
• NCDocs, a restricted list for North Carolina depository libraries.
• IntDoc-L, international information.
• Statedoc-L, state documents interests,

Periodicals:
DTTP: Documents to the People.
Government Information Quarterly. (merged with JGI in 2005)
Journal of Government Information (JGI).

What do government documents librarians do?
Government Information Online, http://govtinfo.org/
National Documents Chat Project, Nov. 2004-Nov 2005.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING

Genres of Government Information

1. Administrative Reports
2. Committee and Commission Reports
3. Research Reports
4. Statistics
5. General Information Pamphlets
6. Periodicals
7. Press Releases
8. Directories
9. Bibliographies, Lists, and Catalogs
10. Decisions and Opinions
11. Rules and Regulations
12. Maps and Charts
13. Audiovisual Resources
14. Bills and Resolutions
15. Hearings
16. Journals and Proceedings
17. Laws or Statutes
18. Treaty Texts

DISSEMINATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Principles for Federal Government Information

1. The public has the right of access to government information.
2. The government has an obligation to disseminate and provide broad public access to its information.
3. The government has an obligation to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of its information.
4. The government has an obligation to preserve its information.
5. Government information created or compiled by government employees or at government expense should remain in the public domain.

National Technical Information Service, http://www.ntis.gov/
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center, http://www.eric.ed.gov/

Other Depository Programs
Patent and Trademark Depository Program, http://www.uspto.gov/go/ptdl/
Census Depository Libraries, http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/censusdepositlib.html

Commercial publishers
Bernan Associates, http://www.bernan.com/
Congressional Information Service, [part of LexisNexis] http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/3cis/cisMnu.asp
Readex, a division of Newsbank, http://www.readex.com/
Primary Source Microfilm, [part of the GaleGroup] http://www.galegroup.com/psm/

FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY PROGRAM (FDLP)
Mission: To provide equitable, efficient, timely and dependable no-fee public
access to Federal Government information within the scope of the program.

1. FDLP Desktop. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/index.html.

2. Federal Depository Library Manual. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/.

3. GPO ACCESS is a major collection of full-text databases. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/.
   

4. U.S. Government Online Bookstore, the "Books in Print" of U.S. government information. http://bookstore.gpo.gov/index.html.
   

5. The Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/council/index.html.
   

6. Ten Most Wanted Government Documents, from the Center For Democracy & Technology. www.cdt.org/righttoknow/10mostwanted/.
   

7. GODORT Handout Exchange, from the Documents Center at the University of Michigan. Copies of bibliographies, handouts, pathfinders, and collection development plans from Government Document Librarians. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort.html

8. Browse Topics provide subject access to federal information. These may be useful for your bibliography assignment. http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/.
   

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION COLLECTIONS IN LIBRARIES

Locating Federal Depository Libraries. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html.

Types of Depositories. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pr/keepam.html.

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

FDLP Desktop: Collection Development http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/coll-dev/

Basic Collection of Documents. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/coll-dev/basic-01.html.

Suggested Core Collection. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/fdlm/corelist.html.

GODORT Handout Exchange: Collection Development http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/collec.htm

TRANSITION TO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION

Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program, 1996. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/study/studyhtm.html

Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination, 2001, from the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

Electronic Guidelines. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/mgt/index.html#elec-init

Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format , http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html

National Bibliography Program, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/cip/index.html

Collection of Last Resort, http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/clr.pdf.