Louisiana FDLP Group: 4/19/09

Friday, April 24, 2009

FDsys is out of the box!

Just in case you didn't already know this, FDsys is up and running--although not fully populated. Nevertheless, you can start using it in conjunction with GPO Access while all of the files are being migrated over.

http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action

What Year Did You Become a Depository?

Louisiana College: 1969
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge: 1907
Louisiana State University, Eunice: 1969
Louisiana State University, Law: 1929
Louisiana State University, Shreveport: 1967
Louisiana Supreme Court: [1838?]
Louisiana Tech University: 1896
Loyola University, Law: 1978
Loyola University: 1942
McNeese State University: 1941
Nicholls State University: 1962
Northwestern State University: 1887
Our Lady of Holy Cross College: 1968
Shreve Memorial Library: 1923
Southeastern Louisiana University: 1966
Southern University, Baton Rouge: 1952
Southern University, Law Center: 1979
Southern University, New Orleans: 1962
State Library of Louisiana: 1976
Tulane University, Law: 1976
Tulane University: 1942
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit: 1973
University of Louisiana, Lafayette: 1938
University of Louisiana, Monroe: 1963
University of New Orleans: 1963
Vernon Parish Library: 1991

NEW! Featured Libraries

New Visits!--For photos of all visits, look immediately below this text section:

November was the month for visiting Southern University Baton Rouge 's two Selectives: John B. Cade and the Southern University Law Center Library. Cade is going through some physical changes as it continues with a long-range remodeling plan. The final results of the remodeling will be impressive. In spite of these changes, the Depository Collection is being made available to patrons--and is being used. Plans to switch to a more electronic collection are also in the works.

The Law Center Library is a well-organized and heavily-used space. Patrons requested issues of the CFR during the short time I was there, proving how vital a good government documents collection is to an academic law library.

During a recent (summer 2009) visit to two selective depository libraries in New Orleans, I decided to take photos as reminders of my visit. The first library I visited was at Our Lady of Holy Cross College. The lovely and serene environment of the campus made my visit a special treat.

The second library on my visit was at Xavier University of Louisiana. The library there is breathtakingly beautiful; and Paula Singleton, the Government Documents Librarian, has created some eye-catching displays.

NEW! Louisiana State Action Plan

LOUISIANA STATE ACTION PLAN

Initiative
I:
All Libraries – Government information in federal depository libraries
in Louisiana is available and accessible to all residents of the state in
appropriate formats, including on the web and in the physical collections of
the state’s federal depository libraries.
Actions/Plans: To accomplish
this:
1.1 The regional
depository libraries, Louisiana State University and Louisiana Tech University,
shall establish and administer discard procedures in order to ensure that an
adequate number of physical documents are retained within each region of the
state.
1.2 The regional depository libraries
will maintain an awareness of retrospective collection development efforts
being undertaken by selective depositories and will, to the extent possible, coordinate
and encourage these efforts.
1.3 Selective depository libraries will
carry out the weeding process in accordance with guidelines set forth by the
U.S. Government Printing Office, the regional depositories, and possibly the
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries.
1.4 All libraries will regularly assess
the needs of users as a basis for selection, acquisition, and maintenance of
depository library collections, and shall maintain a written collection
development policy based on these needs.
1.5 Each federal depository library in
Louisiana will maintain a policy of free public access to depository
collections.
1.6 Each depository library shall
maintain an adequate record of its holdings that shall be available for use by
the general public. Adequate is defined as sufficient to allow a library user
to discern whether a specific document is available for use in the library and
to easily distinguish the publication’s location and format.
1.7 Within budgetary constraints, each
depository library shall acquire the bibliographic tools, depository items, and
commercial indexes that are needed to facilitate verification, acquisition, and
retrieval of government information.
1.8 Each depository library shall
provide bibliographic control for government information in all formats that is
comparable to that of other library materials.
1.9 If possible, each depository
library will include bibliographic records for government information in all
formats in the library's public access catalog and provide live links in these
records to resources that are available online.
1.10 Within budgetary constraints, each
federal depository library in Louisiana shall provide the equipment needed for
accessing the depository collection, such as readers, printers, computers, or
other appropriate equipment, and shall upgrade this equipment on a regular
basis.

Initiative
II: All Libraries – Federal depository resources
in Louisiana are used efficiently through cooperative agreements and networking.
Actions/Plans: To accomplish this:
2.1 If possible, each depository library
shall integrate government information holdings into state and national
bibliographic control systems, such as OCLC.
2.2 Depository libraries shall provide
efficient interlibrary loan services for government information in appropriate
formats and shall encourage non-depository libraries to request government
information in appropriate formats for their library users.
2.3 Each depository shall monitor the
FDLP-L and Bayoudoc listservs for news and announcements relating to the
depository program.
2.4 To the extent possible, each
depository library shall support the collection needs of regional Centers of
Excellence. Centers of Excellence will
be developed in the state as necessary and if practical.

Initiative
III: All Libraries –
Federal depository libraries in Louisiana meet or exceed the public service
standards established by the U. S. Government Printing Office.
Actions/Plans: To accomplish this:
3.1 Depository libraries shall provide
reference service using government information in appropriate formats that is
comparable to reference service given using other library material.
3.2 The regional depository libraries
will encourage continuing education for depository library staff as well as for
non-documents librarians. Such continuing education includes, but isn’t limited
to: webinars provided by GPO or federal
agencies; participation in the annual Depository Library Council Meeting; and
usage of training materials housed on the FDLP Desktop.
3.3 The chief administrator/director of
each depository library shall encourage participation in continuing education
programs by the depository library staff.
3.4 Depository libraries shall
cooperate with non-depository libraries by providing reference and information
services upon referral.
Initiative IV: All Libraries – Promote and increase awareness
within Louisiana of the federal depository program as well as other government
information programs.
Actions/Plans: To accomplish this:
4.1 Each depository shall establish and
maintain an effective public awareness program which should include outreach to
nearby non-depository libraries, and which should take advantage of the
marketing materials available from GPO.
4.2 Each depository will establish an
online presence to publicize its federal documents collection and associated
services. The online presence could be
established on venues such as Facebook, Twitter, institutional home page, or
library home page.
4.3 Individual documents librarians and
staff are strongly encouraged to give presentations at local and national conferences;
publish articles about library documents programs and services; and develop a
documents component to bibliographic instruction courses if possible.

Initiative
V:
Regional Depository Libraries – Ensure the future
availability of federal government information in federal depository libraries
in Louisiana by encouraging preservation efforts.
Actions/Plans: To accomplish this:
5.1 The regional depository libraries will encourage the selective
depositories in Louisiana to participate in state-wide preservation and
disaster response planning efforts.
5.2 The regional depository libraries will
monitor the development and implementation of digitization efforts by the U.S.
Government Printing Office and communicate with selectives regarding such
initiatives.
5.3 The regional depository libraries will
encourage effective collaboration and communication between all Louisiana
depositories participating in digitization projects.
5.4 The regional depository libraries will
monitor, and to the extent possible coordinate, the development of local
digital collections of government information.

We
certify that the above State Focused Action Plan represents a group effort and
is based on the responses to the FDLP Library and State Forecasts from FDLP
members in this state or Federal depository region. Individuals with primary
responsibility for FDLP collections within our state(s) have met, discussed our
state and individual FDLP Forecast questionnaire answers, and collaborated to
document the goals and actions or plans for this State Focused Action Plan.
The following individuals participated
in the completion of this questionnaire for the state of Louisiana:

Stephanie Braunstein,
Louisiana State University
Rita Franks, Louisiana Tech
Miriam Childs, Law Library
of Louisiana
Howard Coy, Vernon Parish
Library
Carla Pritchett, Tulane
University School of Law
Melanie Sims, Louisiana
State University Law School
Lori Smith, Southeastern
University

Comments from You All Concerning Regional Issues

Ferol Foos:
Monitor GPO activity and depositories' responses then inform our state's selective depositories on a regular basis plus alerts as needed.
Leadership role in state & local gov docs organizations and activities.
Respond to discard lists within the established deadline of 2 wks or give target date with explanation of the delay.
Institutional staffing to continue minimal service to selectives during regional libn position vacancies, including extended leave.
Institutional paraprofessional/clerical support for libn.
Institutional support for libn attendance at FDLC meetings at least once a year, preferrable twice.
Advice & support upon request to selectives including on-site visits as needed.
Assist/supplement selective institutional training of their new fed gov doc staff.
Howard Coy:
. . . I would like (I think you already do) for regionals to serve as the next level up in the food chain to GPO. What I mean is to serve as an liaison between the selectives and GPO, providing interpretation and direction concerning rules and policies, etc.
Keeping us abreast of the latest directions, trends, etc.
And knowing the selectives, our strengths and weaknesses, help with training and direction to improve the overall depository service in the state.
And especially help new Document Librarians by providing guidance and/or suggestions.
And continue to provide access to Regional's great collectionns. I see regionals as our immediate supervisors.

NEWS FROM LSU'S MIDDLETON REGIONAL FDL #222

April 2008:
Middleton Library Government Documents is pleased to announce that we have a new Library Associate on staff, Debbie Cannon. We are looking forward to working full-time with Debbie, who was previously one of our GA Students.

March 2008:
Elissa S. Plank, Student/Circulation Supervisor in Middleton’s Government Documents and Microforms Department, is this year’s winner of the Louisiana Library Association’s (LLA) Lucy B. Foote Award. The award goes to an LLA member who works with library special collections and who has “made an outstanding contribution to the library profession.”

Ms. Foote, for whom the award is named, was during her lifetime (1893-1973) a Louisiana special collections librarian, a documents librarian, a head of cataloging at LSU, and compiler of the “Official Publications of the State of Louisiana, 1803-1934.”

Louisiana FDLP Group

Friday, April 24, 2009

FDsys is out of the box!

Award Reception at Middleton Dec.10, 2015

Click on Logo Below for Award Information!

What Year Did You Become a Depository?

Lori Smith to Moderate ALCTS e-forum on Gov Info

Nicholl's State University Library

Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs

Nicholl's State Gov Docs Dept.

NEW! Featured Libraries

Visiting Southern in Baton Rouge

Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Xavier University, New Orleans

FBI History

AddThis

Robert Tapella, Public Printer, Visits Law Library of Louisiana

Followers

Seen at LLA, 2009

SuDoc Lounge #1: September 25, 2008, LSU Docs Hosts Dr. Mark Gasiorowski Who Speaks on Iran

Celebratory Cake Cutting

Blog Archive

NEW! Louisiana State Action Plan

Questionnaire for FDLP Selectives

Finally, Instructions for the Scanner!

LLA GODORT UPDATES AND NOTES

Comments from You All Concerning Regional Issues

NEWS FROM LSU'S MIDDLETON REGIONAL FDL #222

New Displays at Middleton for Summer/Fall 2008

Useful Links

Louisiana FDLP Group

Friday, April 24, 2009

FDsys is out of the box!

Award Reception at Middleton Dec.10, 2015

Click on Logo Below for Award Information!

What Year Did You Become a Depository?

Lori Smith to Moderate ALCTS e-forum on Gov Info

Nicholl's State University Library

Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs

Subscribe Louisiana FDLP Blog

Nicholl's State Gov Docs Dept.

NEW! Featured Libraries

Visiting Southern in Baton Rouge

Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Xavier University, New Orleans

FBI History

AddThis

Robert Tapella, Public Printer, Visits Law Library of Louisiana

Followers

Seen at LLA, 2009

SuDoc Lounge #1: September 25, 2008, LSU Docs Hosts Dr. Mark Gasiorowski Who Speaks on Iran

Celebratory Cake Cutting

Blog Archive

NEW! Louisiana State Action Plan

Questionnaire for FDLP Selectives

Finally, Instructions for the Scanner!

LLA GODORT UPDATES AND NOTES

Comments from You All Concerning Regional Issues

NEWS FROM LSU'S MIDDLETON REGIONAL FDL #222

New Displays at Middleton for Summer/Fall 2008

Useful Links