Depository Library Council: Reports and Publications

Administrative Publications

• Depository Library Handbooks Manuals and Guides
• Handbook and Organization of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer (2001) ( Word )

General Publications

• Federal Depository Libraries: Your Source for Yesterday's, Today's & Tomorrow's Government Information (brochure). Contact Library Programs Service, U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Fulfilling Madison's Vision: Testimonials in Support of the FDLP. 1996. Available at selected depository libraries: GP 3.2: M26.

Historical Publications

• Depository Library Council Charter and Bylaws

Study Reports

• Alternatives for Restructuring the Depository Library Program: a Report to the Superintendent of Documents and the Public Printer from the Depository Library Council. (September 1993)
• Report of the Depository Library Council to the Executive Working Group of the Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronically Based Federal Depository Library Program. (November 1995)
• Report on GPO's Transition to a More Electronic FDLP
  (U.S. Depository Library Council, Electronic Transition Committee, Spring 2000 DLC Meeting, Newport, Rhode Island)

Working Papers

• Service Issues/Guidelines for Government Information in the Electronic Environment and Depository Libraries A Report to the Depository Library Council, Presented at the Spring 1997 Meeting, Arlington, Virginia by Ridley Kessler and Dan Barkley
• Report of the Statistics Committee of Depository Library Advisory Council to the Public Printer, March 24, 1998

Miscellaneous

• Public Printer Bruce James' letter to Daniel Barkley, Chair, Depository Library Council, regarding Council's response to draft documents presented by GPO at the Spring 2004 Depository Library Council meeting (letter dated June 22, 2004).
• Depository Library Council's Advice to the Public Printer January 22, 2004
           - Public Printer Bruce James' reply to the Council, dated February 18, 2004
• Envisioning the Future of Federal Government Information - Summary of the Spring 2003 Meeting of Depository Library Council
• Information Dissemination Pilot Projects Update - October 2003   MS Word   |   PDF
• Suggested Responses to Frequently Cited Reasons for Leaving the Depository Library System
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• Benefits of Being a Federal Depository Library
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• Benefits of Being a Depository – Public Library Perspective
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• Resources on Costs of Replacing a Federal Document Depository Library Collection