Managing electronic government information in libraries
Subtitle: issues and practices
By: edited by Andrea M. Morrison for the Government Documents Round Table.
Contributors: Morrison, Andrea Marie, 1957-; American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table.
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780838909546
Subjects: Federal Depository Library Program; United States. -- Government Printing Office; Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic government information; Electronic government information -- United States -- Management; Depository libraries -- United States; Information policy -- United States
Description: In two parts, this expert guide from ALA's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) describes indispensable resources librarians can use to connect patrons to specific information via government sites and electronic documents. In part 1, the contributing authors discuss historical contexts and contemporary issues of electronic government collections. In part 2, they give practical guidance for implementing and improving services. Libraries of all types will find this book a bridge to serving more patrons through electronic government collections.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Federal government information policy and the electronic federal depository library / William Sudduth; title: The impact of technology on managing access to electronic government information in libraries / Amy West; title: Digital preservation of electronic government information / Grace-Ellen McCrann; title: Electronic government spatial information : issues, challenges, and opportunities / Linda Zellmer; title: Providing access to e-government information to diverse populations / Marianne Mason; title: Reaching out to youth with electronic government information / Karen Russ and Sarah Zegenbein; title: Collection development : handling electronic government information through the Federal Depository Library Program and beyond / Hui Hua Chua; title: United States Government Printing Office practices for cataloging electronic resources / John A. Stevenson; title: Bibliographic control and processing of electronic government information in libraries / Elaine Winske; title: Integrating online government documents into library reference services / Grace-Ellen McCrann; title: Government information instruction in the information literacy environment / Barbara Miller and Barbara J. Mann; title: Digital preservation of electronic government information : projects and practical advice / M. Elizabeth Cowell; title: Managing local electronic government information in libraries / Mary Martin; title: State government information / Lori L. Smith; title: Managing electronic international government information : issues and practices / Catherine Morse; title: Foreign countries' e-government information / Jian Anna Xiong and Jing Liu.