Spring DLC Meeting - San Antonio, TX

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Presented by Julie McLoone, Rare Books Librarian, University of Texas At San Antonio Libraries; Rita L. Wilson, Government Documents Coordinator, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries; Stacy Fowler, Technical Services/Government Documents Librarian, St. Mary's University Law Library; and Kathleen L. Amen, Government Information Librarian, St. Mary’s University.
Series of presentations on issues and practices relating to providing permanent public access to digital government information. Includes these sections: Overview of current state of digital preservation; Permanent public access for born-digital web materials:Internet Archive and the TRAIL (Texas Records and Information Locator) Service; Permanent public access for digitized publications: HathiTrust and the TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library) Project; and Downstream uses of digital government information services: Using metadata to connect local users to remote digital collections. Presented by GPO staff and FDLP community members.
A guided tour through American FactFinder 2, a new and improved tool to access data. The new, dynamic system allows individuals to search statistics on social, economic, housing and demographic information for communities nationwide. Presented by Paula Wright, Partnership Information Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau.
Presentation sharing innovative ways to promote online government information through extensive outreach efforts and building partnerships between depository libraries and community organizations. Participants will learn how to identify funding opportunities from various government agencies to ensure further dissemination of available government information resources. Presented by Liya Deng, Government Information Librarian; and Stan Trembach, Instructional Services Librarian from Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University.