Fall DLC Meeting - Arlington, VA

Explores government publications from what was previously the greatest economic crisis in our history and compare and contrast them with government information on today's economic downturn. Marianne Ryan, Associate University Librarian for Public Services, Northwestern University Library and Catherine Jervey, Director, Market Planning Legislative and Historical Services, LexisNexis Academic and Library Solutions.

Flyer encouraging participation in GPO's digitization initiative.

Introduces attendees to the concept of "digital deposit” that maps out the pieces of the FDLP cloud and what it could do for the future of the FDLP. Rebecca Blakeley, Government Documents Dept. Head, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA and James A. Jacobs, Data Services Librarian Emeritus, University of California San Diego.

Final detailed agenda for the Fall 2009 DLC Meeting in Arlington, VA.

Final at-a-glace schedule for the Fall 2009 DLC Meeting in Arlington, VA.

Introduces practical strategies with an emphasis on identifying methods of changing a tangible collection into a more electronic collection without any disruption in service. Liya Deng, Government Documents Librarian, Mercer University.

Brief overview of the Federal regulatory process and public sources of regulatory information. David M. Pritzker, Senior Attorney, Regulatory Information Service Center.

Shows and discusses how libraries are helping in the grant researching process and how they are developing relationships with not only universities and students, but communities, groups, and to future alumni. Victoria Lynn Packard, Associate Professor Government Information/Map/Reference & Instruction Librarian, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Kirsten Clark, Government Information and Regional Depository Librarian, University of Minnesota.

Provides an overview of the New Deal Writer’s Project: "Soul of the People: Writing America's Story." Dorothy Ormes, Government Documents & Maps Librarian, New Mexico State University.

A varied panel of government information librarians discussed their experiences when they were new government documents librarians. Jane Canfield, Depository Coordinator, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Puerto Rico; Joe Fitzanko, Government Information Librarian, Peoria Public Library; Marianne Ryan, Associate University Librarian for Public Services, Northwestern University; Diane Smith, VP, Product Solutions and Management, Lexis/Nexis; and Kathy Brazee, Senior Outreach Librarian, GPO.

Exploring the options available for distance and virtual meeting participation and their own experiences using technologies for virtual depository meetings and training opportunities. Also discussing the development of  webinars for patrons and library staff. Kirsten Clark, Government Information and Regional Depository Librarian, University of Minnesota and Jennie Burroughs, Government Documents Librarian, Interim Head of Bibliographic Management Services, University of Montana.

Remarks from Ric Davis, LSCM Director and Acting Superintendent of Documents, 2009 Fall DLC Meeting.

In 2006, someone stole more than 600 pages from Congressional Serial Set volumes at WWU Library. This presentation shares what staff at WWU learned about preventing and reacting to theft. Rob Lopresti, Government Information Librarian, Western Washington University

Remarks from Robert C. Tapella, Public Printer of the United States, 2009 Fall DLC Meeting.

Provides updates and searching tips for the DOE Information Bridge, Energy Citations Database, ScienceAccelerator.gov, Science.gov, WorldWideScience.org and other OSTI products. The newly developed ScienceEducation.gov will also be demonstrated. Tim Byrne, Senior Outreach Librarian, U.S. Department of Energy

This session looks at social networking sites and Web 2.0 applications and ways government is utilizing these tools to reach the general public.

Provides update information covering the progress and enhancements made to GPO’s Federal Digital System.

Discussion of LSCM’s two-pronged approach to address the disposition of the depository materials process. Cynthia Etkin, Senior Program Planning Specialist, U.S. Government Printing Office

Discusses various aspects of the integrated documents, such as cataloging of documents, patron access, maintaining records in the OPAC, and promotion of documents as well as the advantages and disadvantages of integrated collections for public and academic libraries. Jane Canfield, Coordinator Federal Government Documents, Pontificia Universidad Catolica; Andrea Craley, Government Documents Specialist, Harford Community College Library; and Mary Paige Smith, Associate Director for Technical Services, Nova Southeastern University, Law Library and Technology Center.

This panel discussion provides information on how you can start tracking clickthrough statistics and how these librarians have used these statistics in their work. Christopher C. Brown, University of Denver, Susan Kendall, San Jose State University, Liza Weisbrod, Auburn University, Shane Cole, Brigham Young University-Idaho, and Stephanie Braunstein, Louisiana State University, Jennifer Gerke, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Find out how you can incorporate Web 2.0 elements, such as delicious tag clouds and bookmarks, IM widgets, and RSS news feeds into your depository web site. Peter Thayer, Reference & Access Services Librarian, Marietta College.

Shares pictures of the university's documents department weeding and the move as well as hard-won lessons learned. Lori Smith, Government Documents Department Head, Southeastern Louisiana University.