Posters

This poster presents the results of a study on the inclusion of government documents in bibliographic instruction in academic libraries. Who is providing the information, what is being covered, and which classes are receiving it? Answers to the 2012 survey surprised both the instruction and government information librarians at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock when over 230 colleagues responded.

When the University of Florida embarked on the “StoDocs” project to catalog pre-1976 Federal  documents, they discovered challenges: Most staff doing the cataloging were unfamiliar with documents and had never heard of the SuDocs Classification System; the Government Documents staff who curate the collection and the indexes used to verify SuDocs call numbers were 5 miles away; the catalogers at GPO offer monographic and serial records for the same items; and all items had to be barcoded to the specifications of a high-density storage facility. The StoDocs team came up with creative solutions to overcome these seemingly impossible difficulties and bonded in the process.

Samuel L. Paley Librarians collaborated with various Temple University departments to ensure that there is digital access to USGS topographical maps and to print on demand for items that have been removed from the tangible collection. A historical analysis was completed on the map collections, which entailed investigating the locations and availability and on use of the collection. This poster shows a history of the map collection and its evolution to meet the changing needs of patrons. It addresses the opportunities and challenges with the collection.

A high volume weeding project provides an opportunity to inform subject librarians about a government documents collection. Librarians receive exposure to the collection and help to complete the project in a timely and efficient manner.