Fall DLC Meeting - Arlington, VA

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.