American Library Association Government Documents Round Table Education Committee GODORT Handout Exchange Documents Policies

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Related Web Pages

• Self-Studies
• Collection Development Policies

Access Policies

• Access Policy for Federal Depository Library Materials: Government Documents Collection [weblink] (Diana Keith, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2003)

Binding Policies

Documents Department Mergers

• To Merge or Not to Merge - What Are the Questions?: Integrating Documents Units into Reference or Technical Services (Wen-Hua Ren for GODORT Program Committee, 1999)

General Policies

• Policies and Procedures of the U.S. Government Depository Collection at the Benedictine University Library [weblink] (Joan Hopkins, Benedictine University, 2004)
• U.S. Government Documents Policy [weblink] (Anne Myers, Boston University Law Library, 1998)

Internet Use

• Internet Use Policy: Federal Depository Library Materials [weblink] (Diana Keith, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2003)
• Providing User Access for Electronic Government Publications [weblink] (Sherry DeDecker, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2004) [GODORT Education Committee Clearinghouse]

Preservation

• After the Sprinkler Goes Off (P.Walker, Fla.At.U., 1995)
• Disaster Plan [weblink] (Carolyn Kohler, University of Iowa, 1999)

Public Service for Electronic Formats

• Depository Library Public Service Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic Formats [weblink] (Carolyn Kohler, University of Iowa, 1999)
• Public Service Policy: Electronic Federal Depository Library Materials [weblink] (Diana Keith, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2003)

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