FDLP Distribution and COVID-19: Updates and Information

If you’re spring cleaning, please keep GPO’s Needs List in mind. We are actively seeking volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set for our collaborative digitization project with the Law Library of Congress.

Share your library’s COVID best practices and lessons learned.

CALL TO ACTION

On April 28, 1932, the vaccine for Yellow Fever was announced for use. At the close of the 19th century, yellow fever was a known and feared pestilence of the western hemisphere and the coastal regions of West Africa, for which no cause or effective treatment was known. After failed attempts at producing bacteria-based vaccines, the discovery of a viral agent causing yellow fever and its isolation in monkeys opened new avenues of research. Max Theiler’s work on virus attenuation created the modern vaccine and earned him the Nobel Prize. Resources from the CGP:

• Infectious disease outbreaks: Yellow fever in Central Africa
• Infectious disease outbreaks: Yellow fever in South America

Gwen Sinclair was on the Depository Library Council from 2007-2010. She continues to serve as the Chair of Government Documents & Maps at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library, a regional depository serving the state of Hawai‘i, Guam, and the Federated States of Micronesia. She is currently working with interns from the UHM Library and Information Science Program to create a series of promotional videos for the depository collection.

Check out this article in FedTech Magazine: How Government Agencies Archive the White House’s Electronic Records

Thank you, FDLP community, for another collaborative DLC Virtual Meeting.