ERIC Number: ED290484
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987
Pages: 220
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Government Information in Electronic Format. Minutes of the Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (110th, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 7-8, 1987).
Daval, Nicola, Ed.
This document begins by presenting the text of "Technology & U.S. Government Information Policies: Catalysts for New Partnerships," which is the third report of the Task Force on Government Information in Electronic Format. Topics covered by the report include the impact of technology, private sector roles and government responsibilities for distributing information, a framework for policy analysis, a new framework for library services, and the depository library program. A statement of principles for government information in electronic format is appended to the report, which also incorporates the membership's discussions. The remainder of the document includes the introduction to the program (D. Kaye Gapen); background information on the task force and its charge (Nancy Cline); a brief summary of topics covered in membership discussion sessions; a summary of the program (D. Kaye Gapen); the minutes of the business meeting; and 11 appendices. Appended materials include the first two reports of the Task Force on Government Information in Electronic Format; a report on the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Retrospective Conversion Project; a report from the Task Force on Membership Criteria; an ARL Activities Report; a report on the status of OMS (Office of Management Studies) programs; lists of participants in the meeting, ARL officers and board, committee, and task force members; an ARL membership list; and a financial report. (CGD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Federal Government, Government Role, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Sources, Information Technology, Library Services, Private Agencies, Public Policy
Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (ARL members $9.00; nonmembers $15.00).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Administrators; Media Staff; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC.
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