ALCTS E-Forum: Government Information: Now and in the Future
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*Government Information: Now and in the Future*
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November 13-14, 2012
Hosted by Lori Smith
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 6:30am -- 2:30pm
Mountain: 7:30am -- 3:30pm
Central: 8:30am -- 4:30pm
Eastern: 9:30am -- 5:30pm
*Description:*
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Many information resources from the federal government are now available
online. Given that fact, do libraries still need to collect government
documents in physical formats? Why? If you aren't a Federal Depository
Library (FDL), how do you find out what resources are available? How do
you direct your patrons to them? Who's going to preserve all this
electronic information so people can access it in the future?
Please join us for an exciting and informative e-forum on November 13
and 14 to discuss how libraries, both FDLs and non-depositories, are
currently providing access to government information and how they can
face the challenges of providing government information in the future.
This e-forum will provide participants an opportunity to talk about what
their libraries are doing to discover, provide, and preserve government
information. Librarians and technical services staff from all types of
libraries are invited to participate.
*Lori Smith* is the Government Documents Department Head at Southeastern
Louisiana University's Sims Memorial Library, and the 2012--2013
Coordinator of the Federal Documents Task Force of ALA's Government
Documents Round Table. Smith has worked with federal and state
publications since 1987. She conceived, edited, and coauthored the 2003
book /Tapping State Government Information Sources,/ and contributed a
chapter to the 2008 book /Managing Electronic Government Information in
Libraries: Issues and Practices./
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss
matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion
list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register
your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and
communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most
e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to
participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at:
http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at:
http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you
do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email
list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
Received on Fri Nov 02 2012 - 08:13:39 EDT