Federal information access points Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) GPO Access GPO Sales National Technical Information Service (NTIS)NTIS Clearinghouses (e.g., ERIC, NCJRS, DEC)NCJRSDEC Members of Congress Agencies (direct distribution of publications) Agency web sites Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Archives Commercial vendors (Lexis/Nexis, Dialog, Bernan)

FDLP: Key features 44 US Code 19 Geographic distribution: 1400 libraries Two-tiered system: regionals & selectives Partnership: shared effort and cost  GPO/agencies: publications, cataloging  Libraries: housing, staff, equipment  Ratio of effort: GPO:1::Libraries:4 Equality of access Belief in open government, value of informed citizenry Obsolete notion of “publication”, variously interpreted

FDLP: Strengths Distributed information ensures permanent access Use of existing structures and expertise in libraries Centralized cataloging adds efficiencies for libraries Libraries provide citizen advocacy, “full access” ethos

FDLP: Weaknesses Inability to track “fugitive documents” Dependence upon agencies’ cooperation Print-based information tradition Location in Legislative Branch Low financial support for libraries, GPO Vulnerable to political “wind shifts” Dependence upon central servers for e- documents

FDLP: key players GPO’s Library Programs Service (LPS) Congress –Joint Committee on Printing –Appropriations Committees Office of Management & Budget (Circ. A-130) Depository Libraries and their organizations –ALA’s Government Documents Round Table, and its Washington Office –Depository Library Council to the Public Printer Information Industry Association

FDLP: changing environment Deficit reduction pressure (1990s-?) –Reduced # of publications –Pressure to migrate to electronic formats Advent of electronic information media –1) desktop publishing  reduced agency dependence upon GPO  increased fugitive documents –2) CD-ROM (three stages) –3) Internet

Federal Information Access Points Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) GPO Access GPO Sales National Technical Information Service (NTIS)NTIS Clearinghouses (e.g., ERIC, NCJRS, DEC)NCJRSDEC Members of Congress Agencies (direct distribution of publications) Agency web sites Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Archives Commercial vendors (Lexis/Nexis, Dialog)

Oregon’s Depository Libraries Operated by Oregon State Library No selectivity Guarantee of free access by libraries to State’s electronic information Designation of information liaison officers Broad definition of “public document”public document All digital publications are included and archived

HB 2118 (2005 revision) “'public document' means informational matter produced for public distribution or access regardless of format, method of reproduction medium, source or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of or at the total or partial expense of any state agency. ' Public document' includes informational matter produced on computer diskettes, CD- ROMs, computer tapes, the internet or in other electronic-storage media-formats.”

HB 2118 (excerpt) “ An issuing agency shall make available to the State Library electronic versions of the agency's public documents that are produced in a tangible medium. An issuing agency shall also designate all public documents that are published electronically so that the document may be made available to the State Library.”

Oregon’s local government documents No depository requirements Rapid migration to web Uneven treatment by diverse jurisdictions UO Library’s experiment:experiment –Capture from websites –Create permanent digital archive