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Knowing Where They Went: Six Years of Online Access Statistics via the Online Catalog for Federal Government Information
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Brown, Christopher C. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
As federal government information is increasingly migrating to online formats, libraries are providing links to this content via URLs or persistent URLs (PURLs) in their online public access catalogs (OPACs). Clickthrough statistics that accumulated as users visited links to online content in the University of Denver's library OPAC were gathered…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Distributions, Statistical Data
The Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library
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McKnight, Sue – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
This paper describes the history of the project to establish the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library at Deakin University's Geelong Waterfront Campus. It builds upon and updates a previous paper on this topic. It provides a brief summary of why the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library was established and the journey of building support for…
Descriptors: Library Development, Government Publications, Concept Formation, College Programs
Connecting Rural Oregon Libraries to the Internet, or "Will it Fit in My Car?".
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Middleton, Cheryl; Cross, Judy – Public Libraries, 1998
Describes Jumpstart, a Web site providing remote access to government information in CD-ROM format, developed by Oregon State University's Valley Library, as a joint venture with the Oregon State Library and the Portland Area Library System to provide hardware, software, and training to rural school and public libraries in Oregon that have limited…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Government Publications, Information Sources, Internet
The Changing World of Government Documents.
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Brace, William – Catholic Library World, 1996
Discusses developments in depository librarianship and refers to changes in library education at Rosary College (Illinois). Highlights include bibliographic system problems, adoption of standardized cataloging methods (MARC format), improvement in document accessibility, costs, the National Technical Information Service, changes in document…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Change Agents, Costs
The "Blur" of Federal Information and Services: Implications for University Libraries.
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Lippincott, Joan K.; Cheverie, Joan F. – Journal of Government Information, 1999
Discusses the interrelation of product content with associated services, or "blurring" (Davis and Meyer) and its relation to federal information and services. Highlights include the federal role in facilitating use of government-collected information; infrastructure and policy issues; and implications for university library reference services,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Government, Government Publications, Information Dissemination
From the Leaders of Our Nation: Prime Ministers' Records at the National Archives
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Shapley, Maggie – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
The National Archives of Australia holds the papers of many of "Australia's Prime Ministers," including Bruce, Lyons, Curtin, Chifley, Holt, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard. From 2000 it undertook a four-year Prime Ministers' Papers Project to locate the records of all 25 men who have held the position of Prime Minister of…
Descriptors: Archives, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Transition to Electronic Access of Government Information: Are the Depository Libraries Prepared?
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Vaughan, Liwen Qiu; Dolan, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1998
Examines the readiness of depository libraries in Canada to adopt new technologies for disseminating government publications. Findings are reported on current use of different publication formats, type of help sought by users, staff skills and training needs, adequacy of physical and financial resources, support from governing bodies, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Depository Libraries, Electronic Journals