2014 Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting: Focusing on Service

The final agenda for the 2014 DLC Virtual Meeting, December 2-4, 2014

With 97% of documents distributed by GPO available in electronic format, new challenges and opportunities have arisen. How do you make your patrons aware of what the feds have to offer when book displays are not an option? This session discussed how other libraries have tackled the challenge of making electronic items known to their users through clever use of metadata tools, catalogs and locally hosted documents. The goal was to give participants a sense of what's possible and how to start building their own electronic collections.

Opening remarks from the Depository Library Council and the GPO Update, including remarks from the three Directors within GPO's Library Services & Content Management unit.

Recent changes to the item selection requirements for selective Federal depository libraries have created a new level of interest in becoming a selective Federal depository among Tribal College Libraries. All Tribal Colleges that are land-grant institutions are eligible to become FDLs if they meet basic requirements of having at least 10,000 tangible items in any format in their library, if they agree to serve their entire community and members of the public, and if they will provide access to Federal depository content. This discussion introduced the three newest members of the FDLP: Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota; Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Indian Reservation in Washington; and Leech Lake Tribal College on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.

DLC member recap of issues potentially leading to official recommendations for GP) and a review of DLC meeting activities.

Law libraries are an often mysterious and sometimes intimidating component of the depository library community. This session explained the history of law libraries in the FDLP and the variety of law libraries that are depository libraries; described how depository membership helps patrons of law libraries and special challenges and incentives for membership; and explored the unique strengths that law libraries and librarians can bring to the depository community. Highlighted were some current and prospective collaborative projects involving legal materials and expertise and input was sought on how law libraries can contribute to the community in the future.

List of and contact information for current DLC members.

The National Bibliographic Records Inventory Program (National Bib) endeavors to provide an online bibliographic record or serial holding record for those historical records that are not currently captured in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. This session discussed progress of existing projects of the National Bib, such as the Historic Shelflist project, MOCAT transcription project, and cooperative cataloging partnerships and highlighted new and upcoming projects.

The final schedule for the Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting, December 2-4, 2014

Part 1: More than Collections: Why Regional Services Matter in the FDLP Network explored the often-overlooked services provided by and responsibilities required of regional depository libraries.

In The Depository Network, Part 2: The Importance of Being Allowed to Discard: Why Regionals Support the Draft Policy, five DLC members who work at regional depositories discuss the reasons why regional depository coordinators and library administrations overwhelmingly support implementation of the draft Superintendent of Documents draft policy permitting regional depositories to discard, under strictly controlled conditions.