Working Together for a Vibrant Future of the FDLP: FDLP State Forecasts and State Focused Action Plans Cherie Givens, David Walls, Cynthia Etkin, Mark Ames LSCM FDLP Forecasting Project Team Members

The Start of Collaborative Visioning  Special Thursday, October 20, 2011, session on shared visioning  Open discussion of ideas and how to work collaboratively  Shared vision of the Future of the FDLP  FDLP Forecast Study Project Page (  FDLP Connection Newsletter articles  Transcript of the day’s events are on the FDLP Desktop

Importance of this Study  Moving into a digital future  Needs of users are changing and how they access information  Need a clear vision based on consensus about the future direction  Want to know, document, and represent voices of all library types

Goals  Understanding of pressing issues, goals, and viewpoints of FDLP members of all library types  Documenting the needs, vision, and environment in which individual FDLP depositories exist and at the state level  Documenting the goals and initiatives of states and multi-state Federal Depository regions to determine how GPO can best complement these efforts

FDLP Library Forecasts  Pilot-tested  30 FDLP Members including Members of Council  Incorporated feedback and modified questionnaire accordingly  Further and deeper than biennial surveys, previous efforts

FDLP State Forecasts  Areas:  Economic  Demographic  Collection Management  Preservation Issues  Education  Affiliations and Community Marketing  Opinion on the benefits of current LSCM projects  Future Roles

FDLP Forecasts and State Focused Action Plans  Meeting to discuss issues at the state level - Collaborate  Assessing and documenting state/multi-state Federal Depository Region level goals and initiatives for the next five years  Sharing your responses with GPO by June 30, 2012  Your library’s FDLP Forecast  Your State’s FDLP State Forecast  Your State/multi-state Federal Depository Region level State Focused Action Plan

FDLP Forecasts and State Focused Action Plans FDLP Library Forecast FDLP State Forecast FDLP State Focused Action Plan FDLP National Plan

Working Together at the State/ Depository Region Level  Identify groups that can coordinate  Regionals  State Libraries  State GODORT Groups  GPO facilitated online discussions

GPO’s Next Steps  Quantitative and qualitative data analysis  GPO research and software specialists  Secondary research review  Comparative analysis of biennial responses, Needs Assessment  Targeted interviewing  Focused interviewing or focus groups  Issues identified in the data

How to Contribute  Individual Library/ State/ Multi-state Federal Depository Region  FDLP Library Forecast Questionnaire available electronically  State level meetings to produce an FDLP State Forecast for each state  State/multi-state Federal Depository Region level discussions to identify goals and initiatives

When and Where FDLP Library Forecast At your FDLP Library FDLP State Forecast At the State level State Focused Action Plans At the Multi-State Federal Depository Region Level State Focused Action Plans At the State level Now through June 30, 2012 Virtual Forums hosted by GPO through April 2012

Sharing what we learn  Plan to share preliminary findings throughout the process  Progress reports in the monthly FDLP Connection E-Newsletter  Preliminary quantitative findings to be shared with the community at the 2012 Fall Depository Library Conference

Shaping the Future  A Direction for Change  Proof is in the numbers  Data supports change (specifics, charting a course)  Documenting your experience  Documenting the value of FDLP collections and services

Informing the FDLP National Plan  Your responses will inform the FDLP National Plan  Most pressing issues  State focused goals  Initiatives  GPO projects most beneficial to users and FDLP libraries

FDLP National Plan FDLP Library Forecast FDLP State Forecast FDLP State Focused Action Plan

Questions Contact: askGPO at or Cherie Givens or David Walls or Mark Ames