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Letter to Sunstein Regarding Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities

Letter in support of the comments filed by Public.resources.org concerning "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities."

pdf ltsunsteinibr-30apr12.pdf

 
 

Letter to Patricia Steele, Wendy Pradt Lougee, Judith Russell re: FDLP concerns (Jan. 23, 2012)

Letter from Government Printing Office responding to concerns about the FDLP's future.

pdf fdlp_shermanemail_23jan12.pdf

 
 

Letter to Andrew M. Sherman re: FDLP concerns (Jan. 20, 2012)

Letter from library directors to Government Printing Office representative regarding a multi-state regional depository proposal advanced by the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota Libraries, and the GPO's position on comprehensive collecting by regional depository libraries.

pdf fdlp_umdumnufl_response_20jan12.pdf

 
 

Research Library Issues, no. 273 (Dec. 2010)

RLI issue 273 includes:

  • Three Key Public Policies for Research Libraries: Net Neutrality, Fair Use, Open and Public Access
  • The Importance of Net Neutrality to Research Libraries in the Digital Age
  • Challenges in Employing Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
  • Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Contributions to Economic Development, Competitiveness, and Innovation
 
 

ARL Statement of Principles on the Federal Depository Library Program

Statement from ARL directors managing both regional and selective Federal Depository Libraries affirming certain principles of the FDLP program.

pdf fdlpprinciples14oct10.pdf

 
 

Letter to Robert M. Gates re: Increased transparency in nuclear weapons policy (May 4, 2010)

Letter from interested organizations thanking the Secretary of Defense for promoting increased transparency in nuclear weapons policy, including the publication of the Nuclear Posture Review Report in an entirely unclassified format and the disclosure of the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

pdf lt-dod-5apr10.pdf

 
 

Future of Government Documents Symposium Presenters October 2005

This document lists presenters for the October 2005 symposium, The Future of Government Documents in ARL Libraries, which brought together practitioners and administrators to address this important issue and was sponsored by ARL.

gov-docs-symposium-presenters-oct2005.pdf

 
 

SPEC Kit 227: Organization of Document Collections and Services (April 1998)

A scanned version of SPEC Kit 227 is available full view through HathiTrust. pdf View document here »

 
 

Government Information in Electronic Format: A Statement of Principles

This statement, prepared by the ARL Task Force on Government Information in Electronic Format, was endorsed by the membership of ARL in May 1988.

pdf gov-info-e-format-may88.pdf

 
   

Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): US Federal Government Documents in HathiTrust: Challenges and Opportunities

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

pdf mm11sp-wilkin.pdf

 
 

Membership Meeting 2011 (Spring): Southeast Region Guidelines for Management and Disposition of Federal Depository Library Collections

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

pdf mm11sp-russell.pdf

 
 

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 2003 (Fall): Information Policies Committee [highlights]

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

pdf mm03fall-info-policy.pdf

 
 

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

 
 

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

 
 

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

 
 
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