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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1985
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED272176 |
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- An Open Forum on the Provision of Electronic Federal Information to Depository Libraries. Report of the Staff of the Joint Committee on Printing to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing. Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session. Academic Libraries Databases Depository Libraries Electronic Publishing Federal Government Government Publications Government Role Higher Education Information Dissemination Information Networks Online Systems Pilot Projects Research Libraries An open forum was held to let concerned parties comment on the report, "Provision of Federal Government Publications in Electronic Format to Depository Libraries," and to solicit suggestions for possible pilot projects that could test the feasibility of the proposal. More than 150 agency representatives, congressional staffers, librarians, and private sector representatives attended the meeting. This document contains: (1) opening remarks by Thomas J. Kleis, staff director, Joint Committee on Printing; (2) a summary of the above-mentioned report; (3) testimony by members of the Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association (ALA), the University of Houston, the Government Documents Round Table of the ALA, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and On-Line Computer Library Center, Inc.; (4) open discussion with comments from more than 20 people; and (5) additional statements by library associations, organizations, federal agencies, and more than 40 representatives of academic, public, and special libraries. (THC)