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Depository Library Council

  • Last Updated: June 01, 2023
  • Published: November 08, 2021

The Depository Library Council (Council) serves as an advisory committee to the Director, GPO and the Superintendent of Documents.

Over the years, Council has offered advice and recommendations on matters relating to the indexing, classification, cataloging, distribution, format, storage, utilization, and administration of depository material. Council also has advised the Director, GPO on information policy issues affecting depository libraries and the FDLP.

Council collaborates throughout the year on matters related to the FDLP. A meeting is held annually, typically in Washington, DC.

DLC Meeting Agendas & Minutes

  • 2023
    • Spring: Agenda / Minutes
  • 2022
    • Fall: Agenda / Minutes
    • Spring: Agenda / Minutes
  • 2021
    • Fall: Agenda / Minutes
    • Spring: Agenda / Minutes

DLC Recommendations

Access publications produced by the Depository Library Council, including the DLC Information Guide, DLC letters, reports, and DLC recommendations/GPO responses.

  • GPO Responses to the Council’s UCUP Working Group Recommendations (May 23, 2023)
  • Recommendations and Commendations of the Depository Library Council to the GPO Director (May 17, 2023)
  • Letter from DLC Chair Lisa Pritchard to GPO Director Halpern Regarding Censorship (April 12, 2023)
  • GPO Response to the Council’s Fall 2022 Recommendation (March 14, 2023)
  • Recommendation of the Depository Library Council to the GPO Director (December 5, 2022)
  • GPO Responses to the Council's recommendations and commendation resulting from the spring 2022 DLC Virtual Meeting. (October 3, 2022)
  • Spring 2022 DLC Recommendations to the GPO Director (August 19, 2022)
  • Recommendation and Commendation of the Depository Library Council (Fall 2021), December 2021
  • Letter to the GPO Director Requesting Working Group Creation for Libraries Serving the Underserved, December 2021
  • Letter from DLC Chair Alicia Kubas to GPO Director Halpern Regarding Recommendations (June 1, 2021)

Letters

  • Congratulatory letter from DLC Chair Lisa Pritchard to newly appointed Superintendent of Documents Scott Matheson (October 12, 2022)

Annual Reports

  • Depository Library Council Annual Report, June 1, 2021 — May 31, 2022

DLC Comments

  • Comments on the draft version of the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information Strategic Plan for FY 2023 — FY 2027 (July 18, 2022)

DLC Reports to GPO

  • Depository Library Council Final Report and Recommendations on Digital Deposit (August 2022)
  • Collection and Discovery Services Open Forum: The CGP of the Future Lessons Learned from Depository Library Council’s Open Forum (August 2022)
  • Collection and Discovery Services Open Forum: We Want to Hear from You: Lessons Learned from Depository Library Council’s Open Forum (August 2022)

DLC Working Groups

    Collection and Discovery Services
    • Collection and Discovery Services Subcommittee Charter (effective 02/03/2023)
    • Collection and Discovery Services Open Forum: The CGP of the Future Lessons Learned, October 20, 2021 (April 5, 2022)
    • Memo transmitting the fall 2021 open forum final report from the CDSWG Chair to DLC Chair (April 6, 2022)
    • Final Report: Lessons Learned from Depository Library Council’s Open Forum, April 21, 2021 (March 21, 2022)
    • Memo transmitting the spring 2021 open forum final report from the CDSWG Chair to DLC Chair (March 21, 2022)
  • Digital Deposit (2018-2022)
    • Final Report and Recommendations (March 24, 2022)
    • Memo transmitting the final report from the Digital Deposit WG Chair to DLC Chair (March 24, 2022)
  • Exploring the Durability of PURLs and Their Alternatives
    • Recommended Principles for Persistent Identifiers and Persistent Identifier Systems for the Government Publishing Office (Recommendation to DLC, 05/02/2023)
    • Working Group Charge (April 22, 2020)
  • Long-term Implications for Federal Depository Libraries of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Working Group Charter (June 21, 2021)
  • Unique Challenges, Underserved Populations, and Federal Depository Libraries
    • Report and Recommendations of the Unique Challenges, Underserved Populations, and Federal Depository Libraries Working Group (March 31, 2023)
    • Council Request for the Working Group (Memo from DLC Chair Stringfellow)
    • Establishment and charge of the Working Group (Letter from Director Halpern)

History

The Depository Library Council to the Public Printer was established in 1972 and held its first meeting in February 1973. Its antecedents go back to 1963 when seven librarians were asked by the Public Printer to serve on an advisory committee on depository libraries. The original advisory committee was formed at the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration during its consideration of revised legislation on depository libraries. While the particular focus and role of the council has adapted over time, its central purpose has remained constant—to advise the GPO Director and the Superintendent of Documents on matters relating to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Members

The members of the Depository Library Council are appointed by the GPO Director to serve three-year terms. Members may be appointed for a second term.

Members represent a cross section of the various types of libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program. In order to meet this goal, at least half of the Council's members work in depository libraries and have experience providing services for Government information.

  • Term: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024

    Aimée C. Quinn is the Assistant Librarian at Northern Arizona University, Yuma.

    She brings nearly 35 years’ experience as an academic research librarian. Previous work as depository coordinator at many universities including CWU provide her the richness, diversity of resources, and uniqueness in each depository collection. No two depositories are alike despite each having large Federal and state historical collections, which led her to call for permanent public access to Government information in all forms and formats throughout her career. She held numerous positions in GODORT include as serving on the Notable Documents Panel and as GODORT Chair. She currently Chairs the ALA Government Information Subcommittee. Author of over 50 articles, book chapters, and reports, her current research is on the demise of Government information under the 45th Presidential Administration and an examination in the changes of depository structure within the Federal Depository Library Program and its potential impact upon permanent public access to Government information. She is the longest owner and moderator of GOVDOC-L, a national discussion forum for Government information.

  • Term: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024

    Allen Moye has been a member of the faculty of DePaul College of Law in Chicago IL, since January 2005.

    He holds appointments as Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Rinn Law Library. He also supervises the College of Law's technology support team. Prior to his current position, Mr. Moye was the Associate Director for Public Services, at George Mason School of Law, in Arlington, VA. In his primary role as Director of DePaul’s Law Library, Mr. Moye is responsible for the financial management and quality of library services and research support, offered to faculty, students, alumni, and public patrons of the law library. He coordinates with the legal writing faculty to provide legal research instruction to law students and teaches Advanced Legal Research in the JD program. He also teaches Introduction to American Law and Legal Systems in the Masters-in-Jurisprudence program. With close to 25 years of experience working in libraries, Mr. Moye closely follows emerging trends, innovations, and new technologies. As an experienced legal research instructor, he is particularly interested in working with the DLC to address complex issues related to public access to digital Government information, including the durability of permanent URLs (PURLs). With a significant amount of legal and Government information now being produced in a digital-only format, Mr. Moye believes that it is imperative that a persistent, reliable, and platform-agnostic standard be established for PURLs. Mr. Moye earned his undergraduate degree from Howard University, his JD from University of Richmond, and his MLIS from Catholic University. He is an active member of a number of professional library associations, including the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Chicago Association of Law Libraries, Mid-America Association of Law Libraries, and is a past president of the Mid-America Law Library Consortium.

  • Term: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024

    Jen Kirk (DLC Chair) is the Government Information Librarian at Utah State University (USU).

    At USU, she coordinates the Government Information Program, part of Special Collections & Archives, and connects Government documents to users across the disciplines. As the Regional Coordinator for Utah and Nevada, she works with 15 selective depositories to provide public access to Government information. She serves as the Metrics Working Group Coordinator for the Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) and promotes Government information through the Utah Library Association’s Government Documents Roundtable (ULA GODORT). Kirk received both her Master of Library and Information Science and her Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests focus on practical applications of Government information librarianship, distribution of Government agency publications, and presidential libraries.

  • Term: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024

    Richard Leiter is the Director of the Schmid Law Library and Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law.

    He has worked in law libraries for nearly 40 years, seven in law firm libraries. His experience at law firm libraries is largely responsible for his deep appreciation for the work of the GPO in publishing vital primary law resources in a timely and useful fashion. Professor Leiter teaches Advanced Legal Research and has written widely on law librarianship and legal bibliography. His book, National Survey of State Laws, now in its 8th edition is published both in print and online as a searchable database. When originally published in 1993, it was selected by the NY Public Library as one of the year’s best reference resources. Professor Leiter is active in local, regional, and national law library organizations, and served as chair of the Government Relations Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. He also has served for many years as a judge for state and national competitions of We The People, a nationwide competition of high school students that involves debate on aspects of the United States Constitution. Prof. Leiter earned his BA from the University of California Santa Cruz, his Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas, and his JD from Southwestern School of Law.

  • Term: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024

    Valerie Glenn is the Business and Public Affairs Collection Librarian at the Virginia Commonwealth University.

    Valerie Glenn is the Business and Public Affairs Collections Librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she has a leadership role in developing, assessing, managing, and promoting collections in all formats. Valerie has more than 20 years of experience connecting users with Government information and managing collections in depository libraries of varying sizes, including at VCU, which is an ASERL Center of Excellence for the Department of Homeland Security. She is active in the American Library Association and is currently a member of the HathiTrust Federal Documents Advisory Committee.

  • Term: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025

    Amy Laub Regional Depository Librarian, University of Kentucky.

    At the University of Kentucky, Laub serves as head of the Federal Depository Unit, which manages all aspects of the Federal Depository Collection, and supervises the manager of the Gwen Curtis Map Collection. As the Regional Coordinator for Kentucky, she works with 18 selective depositories to provide access to Government information and provides support in weeding their collections. Laub is active in the Kentucky Library Association Government Documents Roundtable, ALA Government Documents Roundtable and serves on ASERL’s Collaborative Federal Depository Program Oversight Committee.

  • Term: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025

    Hayley Johnson (DLC Secretary) Head of Government Information and Microforms, Louisiana State University.

    Johnson is the Head of Government Documents & Microforms at Louisiana State University and currently serves as one of two regional coordinators for Louisiana. Johnson is an active member of the American Library Association’s Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) and has served on several GODORT committees most recently as the coordinator for the Federal Information Interest Group (FIIG).

  • Term: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025

    Kelly Smith Government Information Librarian and Librarian for Urban Studies & Planning and Environmental Studies, University of California San Diego.

    In that role, she manages and provides research assistance for the Federal, state, and local Government collections and serves as the FDLP coordinator. In addition, she is the subject specialist and academic liaison for Urban Studies & Planning and Environmental Studies. Smith has been active with several GODORT committees, currently serving on the Education Committee, and received the ProQuest/ALA/GODORT “Documents to the People” award in 2021.

  • Term: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025

    Robert Mead State Law Librarian, Washington State Law Library.

    Mead focuses his career on ensuring equitable citizen access to legal and Government information and the preservation and digitization of historical publications. He is the incoming Chair of both the Legal Information Preservation Alliance and the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Legal History and Rare Books section. He is also a member of AALL’s Government Relations Committee.

  • Term: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025

    Susanne Caro Government Information Librarian at the New Mexico State Library.

    Caro is the Government Information Librarian at the New Mexico State Library where she assists users in accessing Government Information. She is also a joint regional coordinator of the Federal Depository Program for New Mexico. She was the editor and an author of Digitizing Your Collection (ALA 2016), and Government Information Essentials (ALA 2018), which won the 2019 Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Sanders Memorial Research Award.

  • Term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Gwen Sinclair  Chair of the Government Documents & Maps Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library.

    Gwen Sinclair is the Chair of the Government Documents & Maps Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library in Honolulu and has 24 years of experience as a Government information librarian. She is an active member of the American Library Association’s Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) and the Hawai‘i Library Association. She is an adjunct faculty member in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library and Information Science Program and is the author of the open textbook Government Information: A Reference for Librarians in Hawai‘i. Gwen received both of her master's degrees, in Library and Information Science and Geography, from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She has a BA in German from Trinity University.

  • Term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Angela J.A. Kent  Head of History Research Centers (Special Collections), Houston Public Library.

    Angela J.A. Kent is the Head of History Research Centers (Special Collections) at the Houston Public Library. She formerly served as the Head of Reference and FDLP Co-Regional at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

  • Term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Joshua Finnell  Professor and Head of Research & Instruction, University Libraries at Colgate University.

    Joshua Finnell is a professor and head of research & instruction in the University Libraries at Colgate University. He leads research and instruction initiatives in the University Libraries at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, with a focus on data policy, infrastructure, and training. In collaboration with Will Cipolli, associate professor of mathematics, he co-founded the Colgate University Data Science Collaboratory. Previous to Colgate, Joshua worked as a data librarian at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a humanities librarian at Denison University, and a clinical outcomes research coordinator at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His research has received grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Central New York Humanities Corridor, the Central New York Libraries Resources Council, and the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at Colgate University. His work has been published in SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, Digital Library Perspectives, Planetarian, and International Information & Library Review. Joshua has served on the programming committee for Digital Library Forum, the Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Workshop and Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, and the Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Data Discovery Collaboration.

  • Term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Angela Bonnell  Head of Government Documents, Illinois State University’s Milner Library.

    Angela Bonnell has been the Head of Government Documents at Illinois State University’s Milner Library for more than 20 years. She is an active member of the American Library Association’s Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), where she has served on a variety of committees, most recently as the Chair of the Rare and Endangered Government Publications (REGP) Committee. She is also a council member on the Illinois Government Depository Council (IGDC). She earned her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an MS in history from Illinois State University. She has published and presented on the use of Government information in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Government document’s use studies, and civic engagement in academic libraries.

  • Term: June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Sarah Erekson  Regional Government Documents Librarian, University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries.

    Sarah Erekson is the Regional Government Documents Librarian at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. She oversees Government documents collections undergoing cataloging as part of the shared print repository for the state of Florida. She works to create accessible Government information collections within the Southeast National Collection Service Area, through collaborative agreements such as the ASERL Centers of Excellence, Preservation Stewardship, and Shared Regional Collections. She coordinates with selective depository libraries in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Previously she was a Government Information and Municipal Reference Librarian at Chicago Public Library. She is also active in the American Library Association’s Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), the Florida Library Association, and the ASERL Collaborative Federal Depository Program Oversight Committee.

Chairs of the Depository Library Council

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Year(s) Last Name First Name Institution/State
2023-2024 Kirk Jen Utah State University, Merrill Cazier Library
2022-2023 Pritchard Lisa Jefferson College Library, MO
2021-2022 Stringfellow Will Vanderbilt University Central Library, TN
2020-2021 Kubas Alicia University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MN
2019-2020 Clark Mary Library of Virginia, VA
2018-2019 Thornton Lori New Mexico State Library, NM
2017-2018 Shaw James University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
2017-2018 Russ Karen University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2016-2017 Matheson Scott Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
2015-2016 Pritchett Hallie University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2014-2015 Concannon Marie University of Missouri Elmer Ellis Library, Columbia, MO
2013-2014 Weible Arlene Oregon State Library, Salem, OR
2012-2013 Laster Shari University of Akron, Akron, OH
2011-2012 Jacobs James Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2010-2011 Sears Suzanne University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2009-2010 Shuler John A. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008-2009 Byrne Tim University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2007-2008 Swindells Geoffrey University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2006-2007 Sudduth William University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2005-2006 Selby Barbara S. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2004-2005 Phillips John Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2003-2004 Barkley Daniel C. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2002-2003 Hartman Cathy Nelson University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2001-2002 Sevetson Andrea University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2000-2001 Farrell Maggie Montana State University - Bozeman, Bozeman, MT
1999-2000 Aldrich Duncan University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
1998-1999 Andersen Thomas California State Library, Sacramento, CA
1997-1998 Watts Anne St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
1996-1997 Fryer Janice Iowa State University, Ames, IA
1995-1996 O'Mahony Daniel Brown University, Providence, RI
1994-1995 Sulzer Jack Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1993-1994 Duston Beth Information Strategists, Manchester, NH
1992-1993 Cornwell Gary University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1991-1992 Fisher Janet Arizona Dept. of Library, Archives & Public Records, Phoenix, AZ
1990-1991 Cobb David University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1989-1990 Kessler Ridley University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1988-1989 Phillips Vicki Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
1987-1988 Hordusky Clyde State Library of Ohio, Columbus, OH
1986-1987 Smith Diane Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1985-1986 Cross Jennie Oakland Public Schools, Pontiac, MI
1984-1985 Peterson Sandra The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1983-1984 Zink Steven D. University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV
1983-1984 Isacco Jeanne Cuyahoga County Library, Cleveland, OH
1982-1983 Watts Anne St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
1981-1982 Myers Judy University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX
1980-1981 Smith Barbara Skidmore College Library, Saratoga Springs, NY
1979-1980 Mawdsley Katherine University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
1977-1978 Buckley Francis Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
1978-1979 Buckley Francis Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
1974-1976 Paulson Peter New York State Library, Albany, NY
1976-1977 Paulson Peter New York State Library, Albany, NY
1973-1974 McCoy Ralph Southern Illinois University at carbondale, Carbondale, IL
1973 (temporary) Brock D. Clifton University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Members of the Depository Library Council

The members of the Depository Library Council are appointed by the GPO Director to serve three-year terms. Members may be appointed for a second term. View a list of all past DLC members.

About the Depository Library Council

The following documents provide the purpose, duties, and general operational characteristics of the Depository Library Council:

  • Charter of the Depository Library Council
  • Depository Library Council Bylaws and Operating Procedures

Council Member Obligations:

  • Attend an orientation for new Council members
  • Attend DLC/FDLP conferences and meetings
  • Participate in conference calls (usually on a monthly basis)
  • Participate in committee work and other DLC assignments as needed
  • Stay engaged with the Council, GPO, and the depository library community

Officers

Within Council, there are 2 officer positions.

  1. Chair: Presides over meetings of the Council and is responsible for organizing the Council, which includes the creation of committees to carry out the duties of the Council. The chair also serves as direct liaison between the Council and the GPO Director. This position is elected by the DLC.
  2. Secretary: Arranges for the preparation of records of meetings, proceedings, and all of the records of the Council. Handles all official correspondence of the Council and meeting notices. This position is elected by the DLC.

Events

The DLC, in conjunction with GPO, holds two annual events per year: the spring DLC Virtual Meeting and the fall Federal Depository Library Conference, also broadcast virtually.

The following downloadable document lists the dates and locations of all DLC Federal Depository Library Council Meetings.

Proceedings and transcripts from DLC Meetings can be found in the file repository

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    • DLC Working Groups
    • History
    • Members
    • Chairs of the Depository Library Council
    • Members of the Depository Library Council
    • About the Depository Library Council
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