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Title Managing electronic government information in libraries : issues and practices / edited by Andrea M. Morrison for the Government Documents Round Table.

Imprint Chicago : American Library Association, c2008.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  025.174 M311 2008    ---  Available
Description xii, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Federal government information policy and the electronic federal depository library / William Sudduth -- The impact of technology on managing access to electronic government information in libraries / Amy West -- Digital preservation of electronic government information / Grace-Ellen McCrann -- Electronic government spatial information : issues, challenges, and opportunities / Linda Zellmer -- Providing access to e-government information to diverse populations / Marianne Mason -- Reaching out to youth with electronic government information / Karen Russ, Sarah Zegenbein -- Collection development : handling electronic government information through the Federal Depository Library Program and beyond / Hui Hua Chua -- United States Government Printing Office practices for cataloging electronic resources / John A. Stevenson -- Bibliographic control and processing of electronic government information in libraries / Elaine Winske -- Integrating online government documents into library reference services / Grace-Ellen McCrann -- Government information instruction in the information literacy environment / Barbara Miller, Barbara J. Mann -- Digital preservation of electronic government information : projects and practical advice / M. Elizabeth Cowell -- Managing local electronic government information in libraries / Mary Martin -- State government information / Lori L. Smith -- Managing electronic international government information : issues and practices / Catherine Morse -- Foreign countries' e-government information / Jian Anna Xiong, Jing Liu.
Summary 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.
Subject Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic government information.
Electronic government information -- United States -- Management.
Depository libraries -- United States.
Federal Depository Library Program.
United States. Government Printing Office.
Information policy -- United States.
Added Author Morrison, Andrea Marie, 1957-
American Library Association. Government Documents Round Table.
ISBN 9780838909546 (alk. paper)
083890954X (alk. paper)
Standard No. NZ1 12232054
AU@ 000042586514
GEBAY 10531420

 
    
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