[Web4lib] *Almost* every state has a Federal Regional Depository library

[Daniel Cornwall]

Dear web4lib'rs:

To Grace's excellent summary of the Federal Library Depository Program
below, I wished to make one small amendment. 

Not every state has at least one Regional Federal Depository Library who get
100% of the documents available through the Government Printing Office
[GPO]. Alaska does not have a Regional within our state, but we have an
agreement with the Washington State Library for Regional Depository services
and they do an excellent job for us. Other states without their own regional
are: Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and
Wyoming. You can see where they and other states get their regional services
from http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/regionals-1106.pdf. More
information on what it is that Regional Federal Depository Libraries do can
be found at http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/instructions/in_ch9.html.

I'd also like to thank the list for the responses to my video production
questions. I've gotten some excellent resources and other tips. I knew this
would be a good place to ask! - Daniel

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:31:05 -0800 (PST)

From: Grace-Ellen McCrann <gemscot at yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Government Documents Videos / Request for Video

Software/Tutorial recommendations

To: web4lib at webjunction.org

Cc: jdunck at gmail.com, Grace-Ellen McCrann <gemscot at yahoo.com>

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20 December 2006

Dear Everybody.

Every State has at least one Regional Federal Depository Library who get
100% of the documents available through the Government Printing Office
[GPO].

Every Congressional District has at least one Selective Federal Depository
Library. Selective Depositories choose the documents that they receive from
the GPO's available list. 

The percentage of documents chosen varies with each Selective Depository and
generally reflects that library's size and patron base/interests.

Not every document published by a Federal agency/department/commission, etc.
is included in the Depository programme, though most of the major
documents/series of documents are included in the programme. 

Therefore, even Regional Depositories only get 100% of what the GPO offers
... not 100% of what is published under government auspices.

Depository documents come in a variety of formats, print, online, CD-Rom,
DVD, maps, microfiche, etc.

Some titles are produced in more than one format. 

Examples would be current public laws and current Congressional hearings.
These types of documents are currently produced in both print versions as
well in as online formats.

Some documents are produced in only one format.

GPO maintains an online catalogue of docs at:

 <http://catalog.gpo.gov/F> http://catalog.gpo.gov/F

The online catalogue includes docs from July

1976 onwards and is updated every business day.

GPO does have plans to add records for

docs going back to the late 1800's, but of course the enormous size of such
a project means it will be years before such a task can be completed.

Here at the City College of New York we are a 51% Selective Depository for
current documents. 

We have been a depository since 1884 however, so we have quite a large
collection ... somewhere between 400,000 and 1/2 million docs.

Kind regards,

Grace-Ellen McCrann

Chief, Government Documents & Reference Divisions The City College of New
York Cohen Library, 2nd floor 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031

(212) 650 5073

gemscot at yahoo.com

 

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Daniel Cornwall
Government Publications/Technical Services Librarian
Alaska State Library
PO Box 110571
Juneau, AK 99811-0571
(907) 465-2927 ph
(907) 465-2665 fax
E-Mail: dan_cornwall at eed.state.ak.us

Learn about the Alaska State Publications Program, a system that works to
make state information available to Alaskans now and in the 22nd Century.See
our web page at <http://library.state.ak.us/asp/asp.html>.

Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are mine alone and not those of my
employer unless explicitly stated.