The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is now several months into the development of a national plan for the future of the more than century-old partnership between FDLP libraries and the Government Printing Office (GPO). As planning progresses, we who support the long-term vitality of the FDLP need to do …
Law libraries have a critical stake in the vitality of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and need to be involved in the forecasts and discussions now underway to chart a secure course for the future of the program. That was the central theme of a webinar sponsored by the …
Is the relationship between law libraries and the Federal Depository Library Program on the rocks? Not according to the views expressed at a July 28 panel discussion at the American Association of Law Libraries annual conference in Washington, DC. Moderator Sally Holterhoff, Government Information and Reference Librarian at Valparaiso University …
A recent New York Times story sheds some new light on the ongoing efforts to improve public access to the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. The story described how “a small group of dedicated open-government activists teamed up to push the court records system into the 21st …