Managing Electronic Government Information in Libraries

by American Library Association

Overview

In two parts, this expert guide from ALA's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) provides the necessary resources librarians can use to connect patrons to specific information via government sites and electronic documents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838909546
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	01/30/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)

Table of Contents

Preface     v
Acknowledgments     ix
List of Abbreviations     xi
Issues
Federal Government Information Policy and the Electronic Federal Depository Library   William Sudduth     3
The Impact of Technology on Managing Access to Electronic Government Information in Libraries   Amy West     14
Digital Preservation of Electronic Government Information   Grace-Ellen McCrann     21
Electronic Government Spatial Information: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities   Linda Zellmer     34
Providing Access to Electronic Government Information to Diverse Populations   Marianne Mason     44
Reaching Out to Youth with Electronic Government Information   Karen Russ   Sarah Ziegenbein     60
Practices
Collection Development: Handling Electronic Government Information through the Federal Depository Library Program and Beyond   Hui Hua Chua     71
U.S. Government Printing Office Practices for Cataloging Electronic Resources   John A. Stevenson     86
Bibliographic Control and Processing of Electronic Government Information in Libraries   Elaine Winske     113
Integrating Online Government Documents into Library Reference Services   Grace-Ellen McCrann     136
GovernmentInformation Instruction in the Information Literacy Environment   Barbara Miller   Barbara J. Mann     152
Digital Preservation of Electronic Government Information: Projects and Practical Advice   M. Elizabeth Cowell     164
Managing Local Electronic Government Information in Libraries   Mary Martin     174
State Government Information   Lori L. Smith     184
Managing Electronic International Government Information: Issues and Practices   Catherine Morse     195
Foreign Countries' Electronic Government Information   Jian Anna Xiong   Jing Liu     209
Index     227

Editorial Reviews

In the past decade, government documents have undergone an electronic metamorphosis, and documents librarians have been challenged to adhere to their historical mission of providing government information and access to the people while re-interpreting that mission in terms of technological innovation. This volume's 16 chapters deal with various aspects of this challenge, including access to diverse populations, special concerns regarding geographic information, collection development, digital preservation, Government Printing Office (GPO) cataloging practices, local bibliographic control and processing, government information as part of reference and information literacy programs, and, finally, the difficulties of managing local, state, and international government information. Barbara Miller and Barbara J. Mann's "Government Information Instruction in the Information Literacy Environment" provides an understanding and examples of integrating bibliographic instruction with government information and literacy competency standards. Hui Hua Chua's chapter on collection development has insights for the selection and collection of electronic resources that extend beyond its concentration on government information. Editor Morrison has served as past chair of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), authored numerous scholarly works on government information, and is an associate librarian at Indiana University, Bloomington. Essential for academic and depository libraries, highly recommended for all libraries.-Margaret Sylvia, St. Mary's Univ. Lib., San Antonio

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