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Public Access to Government Information Issues, Trends and Strategies, Second Edition

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Peter Hernon, Charles R. McClure

Book Code: ABP5238

ISBN: 0-89391-523-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-89391-523-0

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Ablex Publishing

Publication: 1/1/1988

List Price: $60.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)

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Media Type: Paperback

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Description: This volume is issue-oriented. By showing that issues relating to topics such as access to government information resources, collection development, and administration are not unique to documents librarianship, it places selected topics in a wider context. The book's objectives are to identify and discuss critically important issues related to increasing access to government information resources, to offer solutions and recommendations by which government information resources and services can be made more effective, to encourage more assessments that examine issues across levels of government, to emphasize the importance and need for a research base related to government information resources and services, and to encourage a critical assessment of current practices and traditional assumptions.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Public Access to Government Publications/Information Held in Depository Collections
Federal Information Policies
Impact of Federal Information Policies on Public Access to Government Information
Government Publications as a Significant Information Resource
Bibliographic Control of U.S. Government Publications
Developing Collections of U.S. Government Publications
Exploiting Technology for Government Information Collections
Improved Reference and Referral Services Through Increased Marketing and Awareness of Government Information Resources
Microforms and Access to Government Publications
Technical Report Literature (By Gary R. Purcell)
Administrative Considerations for Increased Access to Government Publications/Information. Integrating Government Information Resources into Library Services
Physical Facilities and Space Management
Processing Depository Publications
Planning and Evaluation of Government Information Services
Cooperation and Resource Sharing
Restructuring the GPO's Depository Library Program
Exploiting State and Local Information Resources
Access to Information from International Governmental Organizations (By Peter I. Hajnal)
Education of the Government Information Professional. Mainstreaming Government Publications/Information
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index


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