Fall DLC Meeting - 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.