2024 Fall DLC: FOIA Libraries - Ready for Collection Status?

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a Federal freedom of information law to allow any person the right to request access to Federal agency records maintained by agencies within the executive branch of the Federal Government. The Electronic Freedom of Information Act (E-FOIA) amendments of 1996 require agencies to provide the public with electronic access to any of their "Reading Room" records that have been created by them since November 1, 1996. 

Join Lisa DeLuca for background and statistics about FOIA Libraries, now numbering more than 450. Lisa has been tracking and advocating for the use of FOIA Libraries since 2019. FOIA Libraries collectively include millions of "responsive documents,” by Federal/sub agencies as well as administrative manuals, directives, and FOIA Logs, which are a record of information requested by the public from a specific agency. Learn more about how these resources (in many file formats and with redactions) can be utilized by Government (and all) academic librarians.