Beyond the Federal Depository Library Program: Providing Access to Information From a Reinvented Government |
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| Institution: | 1. Surrey Business School, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK;2. Centre for Creative Computing, Bath Spa University, Corsham Court Centre, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 0BZ, UK;3. Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK;4. Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK;1. College of Information Studies, Center for Library Innovation, University of Maryland, USA;2. United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Portugal and Departamento de Ciencias e Ingeniería de la Computación, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina;3. United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, Portugal;1. ISIG-Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London, UK;2. Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, UK;1. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, The University of Manchester, MBS Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;2. Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy;3. KoysLab - Knowledge for Simplification, Via Menga 79, 73100 Lecce, Italy;1. Örebro University School of Business, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden;2. College of Science & Technology, University of Rwanda, KN 7 Ave, Kigali, Rwanda |
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| Abstract: | The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), conceived in the nineteenth century, has served the American people and libraries for 100 years. It has provided free access to government information through a network of depository libraries distributed throughout the country. Currently, Democratic and Republican political leaders advocate reinventing, rethinking, reengineering, and renewing government. Despite significant differences between the political parties on specific changes, there is a consensus vision of a transformed or reinvented national government. What does this mean for the FDLP and access to government information? This essay looks beyond the current debates about specific legislation on the Government Printing Office or funding levels for the FDLP and outlines a vision of a reinvented federal government based on ideas expressed by Alvin and Heidi Toffler, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Vice President Al Gore. This paper identifies the basic challenges that their ideas present for the FDLP and depository libraries. The author concludes that these challenges will move the United States beyond the FDLP as it is presently constituted and will force librarians to rethink fundamentally how they provide access to government information. |
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