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Wednesday, 14th July 2010

Digital Preservation: U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Hires Their First Preservation Librarian & New FDSYS Collections Available

From a GPO Announcement (PDF):

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is continuing its commitment to preserving the documents of our democracy by establishing the agency's first preservation librarian position. GPO's preservation librarian will be tasked with updating the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) collection management plan for the preservation of federal government documents. David Walls will serve as GPO's first preservation librarian; he is a member of the American Library Association (ALA) and comes to the agency from Yale University where he worked as a preservation librarian for 12 years. While at Yale, Walls established practices for the digital conversion of library and special collection materials.

Digital preservation is an ongoing initiative for GPO.

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They're members of LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), a worldwide digital preservation alliance that collaborates with libraries and organizations on preservation initiatives.

"David's experience and expertise in preservation will be an asset to GPO and its mission of Keeping America Informed," said Acting Superintendent of Documents Ric Davis. "This is an important position for the agency as we work with the library community on the continuing transition to a primarily electronic FDLP, and ensure that the content can be migrated in the future to guarantee current and permanent public access to federal government information."

Source: GPO

and in other gov docs news...

In the past week the following collections have been added to FDSYS:

+ The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (1992 to 2008)

+ U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (2000 and 2008)

+ House Practice (104th and 108th Congress)

+ Congressional Pictorial Directory (105th to 111th Congress)

+ United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book) (1996 to 2008)

+ Riddick's Senate Procedures (101st Congress)

14 additional years of the Budget will also be available in an upcoming release:

+ Budget of the United States Government (1996 to 2009)

Source: FDLP

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