2014 Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting: Focusing on Service
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Discussion about the draft Superintendent of Documents policy allowing regional depository libraries to discard certain tangible materials from their collections. Community reaction was shared as well as indications of how regionals might employ the policy in their libraries.
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The final agenda for the 2014 DLC Virtual Meeting, December 2-4, 2014
With 97% of documents distributed by GPO available in electronic format, new challenges and opportunities have arisen. How do you make your patrons aware of what the feds have to offer when book displays are not an option? This session discussed how other libraries have tackled the challenge of making electronic items known to their users through clever use of metadata tools, catalogs and locally hosted documents. The goal was to give participants a sense of what's possible and how to start building their own electronic collections.
Opening remarks from the Depository Library Council and the GPO Update, including remarks from the three Directors within GPO's Library Services & Content Management unit.
Recent changes to the item selection requirements for selective Federal depository libraries have created a new level of interest in becoming a selective Federal depository among Tribal College Libraries. All Tribal Colleges that are land-grant institutions are eligible to become FDLs if they meet basic requirements of having at least 10,000 tangible items in any format in their library, if they agree to serve their entire community and members of the public, and if they will provide access to Federal depository content. This discussion introduced the three newest members of the FDLP: Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota; Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Indian Reservation in Washington; and Leech Lake Tribal College on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota.
DLC member recap of issues potentially leading to official recommendations for GP) and a review of DLC meeting activities.