Fall DLC Meeting - Arlington, VA
Joanne McGovern, FirstGov Operations Team, describes the FirstGov Web site and the Federal Citizen Information Center, with emphasis on new services, especially the FirstGov en Español portal serving the Spanish-speaking population.
Oscar Morales, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, describes ongoing development of an online docket management system for Federal regulatory material.
Terri Long, STAT-USA, introduces new changes to STAT-USA/Internet and to USA Trade Online.
Andrea Sevetson, U.S. Bureau of the Census, reports on status of Census 2000 products.
Presentation by Richard Huffine, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Chuck Herrick, Stratus Consulting Inc., that describes EPA libraries and efforts to provide library service to EPA staff and public as well as partnership with intermediaries to disseminate EPA information.
Presentation by Paula R. Singleton, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Suzanne E. Sears, Tulsa City-County Library, outlining step for building a marketing plan for documents; illustrates a variety of promotional events and providing tips for promoting the documents collection and services to the public, the library administration, and the staff.
Stephen Henson, BE&K Engineering, provides strategies for formulating policies and procedures, with definitions and tips on format, text, and writing style.
Judy C. Russell, U.S. Government Printing Office, provides updates on multiple issues and projects affecting the Federal Depository Library Program and the dissemination of Federal government information.
Bill Ballweber, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, describes functions, services, and resources of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Elaine Martin, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, describes the Regional Medical Library Network and its services in providing health information.
Tanya Finchum, Oklahoma State University, gives history and description of Browse Topics "webliography" service. Outlines processes undertaken by contributors to cover and update topics, and encourages documents staff to volunteer to cover topics not yet taken.
Remarks from T.C. Evans, U.S. Government Printing Office, that focuses on improvements in Information Dissemination systems to better serve the public and the depository library community.
Christopher C. Brown, University of Denver, illustrates a system for gathering statistics on the use of online documents.
Charles D. Bernholz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, compares American Indian college libraries with depositories in U.S. territories in the Pacific, and argues for their inclusion in the Federal Depository Library Program.
Atifa Rawan, University of Arizona, presents a background of the Arizona virtual depository project, its year-long assessment and data-gathering phase, and recommendations and outcomes.
Karrie Peterson, North Carolina State University, provides pedagogical principles and points to consider in designing online tutorials, with examples.
Panel discussion of how selectives cope with congressional reports and documents. Panel members included: Kathleen L. Amen, St. Mary’s University; Roberta Arney, University of Texas at El Paso; Mary S. Clark, Library of Virginia; Patricia Keogh, Goucher College; Anna Korhonen, Cornell University; Lori Smith, Southeastern Louisiana University; and Sandra Q. Williams, St. Cloud State University.