Technological transformation of United States government documents librarianship |
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| Institution: | 1. Middle Tennessee State University, Walker Library, MTSU Box 13, 1301 East Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37128, United States of America;3. Seminole State College of Florida, 100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford, FL 32773, United States of America;4. Northeastern University, Snell Library, 300 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, United States of America;1. Independent Researcher, P. O. Box 7, Ikenobe 3011-2, Kagawa-ken 761-0799, Japan;2. School of Communication, Cinematic and Creative Arts, United States International University, 14634-00800 Nairobi, Kenya;1. Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan;2. Niazi Medical and Dental College, Sargodha, Pakistan;3. Library, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia;1. Durban University of Technology, South Africa;2. UNISA, South Africa;3. Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe;4. University of Eswatini, South Africa;5. University of South Africa, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | The United States Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is a government mandated program that distributes government information to the populace through designated “depository” libraries. From the 1970s until today, due to advancing technology, government documents librarianship has undergone several transformative changes. Beginning with distribution of government information on microfilm through the appearance of electronic information in the 1980s exponentially increased the amount of information available to users, information that often came with a large learning curve to use. The proliferation of government information transformed government documents librarianship from a self-contained, stand-alone, bibliographically focused entity to a more forward-facing, user-centric focus.The depository community is largely led by academic institutions, which account for 72% of depositories. They have lobbied the FDLP for increased access, better training, improvements in delivery, and assurances that electronic information would be found, captured, and preserved. In addition, their efforts have ensured digitization of the historic print depository collection is largely complete. However, until federal statutory legislation changes, significant amounts of born-digital government information is being lost to time. |
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