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Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): Gov Docs: Advancing Access & New Models

Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.

pdf mm11sp-lougee.pdf

 
 

Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): New and Emerging Collaborations in the Federal Depository Library Program

Presented at the 158th ARL Membership Meeting, May 2011.

mp3 mm11sp-fdlp.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century, Interim Summary by Ithaka S+R

Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

mp3 mm09fall-wells.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): New Models for the Federal Depository Library Program

Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

pdf mm09fall-schonfeld.pdf

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): New Models for the Federal Depository Library Program

Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

mp3 mm09fall-schonfeld.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): New Models for Federal Depository Library Collections: Report on Findings from a Study Commissioned by ARL and COSLA

Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

mp3 mm09fall-michalak.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century

Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

mp3 mm09fall-fdlp-williams.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): A River Runs through It

Presentation from the "Potential Library Roles for Supporting Current and Future Public Access Initiatives" program. Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

pps mm09fall-choudhury.pps

 
 

Membership Meeting 2009 (Fall): A River Runs through It

Presentation from the "Potential Library Roles for Supporting Current and Future Public Access Initiatives" program. Presented at the 155th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2009.

mp3 mm09fall-choudhury.mp3

 
 

Membership Meeting 2003 (Fall): Information Policies Committee [highlights]

Proceedings of the 143rd ARL Membership Meeting, October 2003.

pdf mm03fall-info-policy.pdf

 
 

Fall Forum 2006: The Public Access Policy

Proceedings of the 2006 ARL/CNI Fall Forum, "Improving Access to Publicly Funded Research: Policy Issues and Strategies." Introduction to the NIH Public Access Policy.

ppt ff06-bravo.ppt

 
 

Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Digital Rights

ppt public-access-nih-webcast.ppt

 
 

31 Regional Depository Libraries Write to GPO to Voice Concern re: FDLP Issues

Letters from coordinators of regional depository libraries expressing concern over GPO's responses to two initiatives within the FDLP system.

pdf FDLP-letter-to-gpo-19oct11.pdf

 
 

Future Directions for the Federal Depository Library Program

Discusses the need to identify a sustainable framework that will provide access to and preservation of government information in the years ahead.

pdf issue-brief-future-direction-fdlp-04dec08.pdf

 
 

ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Depository Libraries in the FDLP Initial Analysis - 10/08/2003

Preliminary notes about the ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Depository Libraries in the FDLP.

pdf 2003fdlp-surveyanalysis.pdf

 
 

ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Depository Libraries: Summary of Likert Analysis

Use of the Likert scale in the ARL Survey of Regional and ARL Selective Federal Depository Libraries provides a current snapshot of Regional and Selective Depository Libraries. Regional respondents were asked to respond to 21 statements, Selectives were asked to respond to 19 statements.

pdf 2003fdlp-surveyfindings.pdf

 
 

White Paper: Strategic Directions for the Federal Depository Library Program

White paper concerning the future of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). ARL argues that the FDLP strategic planning process should lead to a flexible, sustainable, reconfigured program that reflects the needs and interests of users of government information and participating libraries; embraces the digital networked environment; and importantly, encourages collaborative network-based services while ensuring a smooth and orderly transition to a new program framework.

pdf fdlp-strategic-directions-april09.pdf

 
 

Letter to Elias A. Zerhouni re: NIH Public Access Policy (Aug. 31, 2004)

Letter from library associations to director of National Institutes of Health (NIH), expressing strong support of the NIH proposal to provide freely available online access to NIH-funded manuscripts via PubMedCentral.

pdf arlzerhouni-nih-083104.pdf

 
 

Cheney v. US District Court: Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch

Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc.

pdf cheney-amicus-11mar04.pdf

 
 

Cheney v. US District Court (appeal): Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch

Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc.

pdf cheney-appeals-29nov04.pdf

 
 

Cornyn Remarks on Federal Research Public Access Act

Senator Cornyn introduces the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006, "legislation that will refine the work done by NIH and require that the federal government's leading underwriters of research adopt meaningful public access policies."

pdf remarks-cornyn-frpaa-02may06.pdf

 
 

Documents for a Digital Democracy: A Model for the Federal Depository Library Program in the 21st Century

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) retained Ithaka S+R to propose a comprehensive framework for the Federal Depository Library Program ("FDLP" or the "Program") in response to changes in the environment for information dissemination and usage. For this project, Ithaka S+R staff interviewed nearly 90 individuals from 40 libraries, the Government Printing Office (GPO), and a number of other key organizations.

pdf documents-for-a-digital-democracy.pdf

 
 

Letter to Patricia A. Steele re: Concerns with FDLP (Dec. 9, 2011)

Letter from Senator Benjamin Cardin and enclosed letter from Goverment Printing Office (GPO) in response to concerns abou the Federal Depository Library Program.

pdf fdlp_cardin_sherman_ltrs_dec11.pdf

 
 

Memorandum of Understanding between University of Minnesota Libraries and Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education

Memorandum of understanding concerning UMN becoming the Regional Federal Depository Library for the State of Michigan.

pdf fdlp_mou_michminn14apr11.pdf

 
 

Federal Depository Library Legal Requirements

Addresses the legal obligations of designated Federal depository libraries.

pdf fdlp-legal-reqs-jun2009.pdf

 
 

Statement of Barbara J. Ford before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration On Proposed Revisions to Title 44 of the United States Code

Testimony discusses the library community's comments on the draft "Government Printing Office Act of 1997." Including the key changes to Title 44 that the library community considers necessary in order for the public to be ensured access to federal government information.

pdf ford-statement-title44-apr1997.pdf

 
 

Letters to Joseph I. Lieberman and John Cornyn re: S.1373, "The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009" (Jul. 2, 2009)

Letter from library associations thanking Senators Lieberman and Cornyn for introducing FRPAA.

pdf lt-frpaa-cornyn-lieberman-02jul09.pdf

 
 

The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006: Campus FAQ

Addresses questions such as, "What does the legislation entail?" and "Who does it affect?"

pdf frpaa-campusfaq-2006.pdf

 
 

An Open Letter to the Higher Education Community re: Senate Bill 2695, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (FRPAA)

Letter from higher education leaders encouraging the community to support FRPAA.

pdf lt-frpaa-endorse-2006.pdf

 
 

The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (Cornyn-Lieberman): Frequently Asked Questions

Addresses questions such as, "What does this bill do?" and "Why is public access important?"

pdf frpaa-faq-2006.pdf

 
 
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