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Remodeling? Asbestos Removal? Depository Collections Must Be Accessible to the Public!

[ Originally published in Administrative Notes, v. 18, #08 - 5/15/97 ]

Each year, some depository libraries undergo remodelling, undertake a move, or otherwise find their operations disrupted. This notice reminds library staff of their fundamental responsibility to keep depository services fully available to the public. Any depository library contemplating asbestos removal, renovation, or other temporary situations that would involve curtailing public service to the Federal depository collection should develop a strategy for ensuring that both its primary clientele and the general public continue to have access to Government information in all formats through the Federal Depository Library Program. Before beginning such a project, the library should prepare a contingency plan for its Federal depository operations, and submit a copy of that plan to the Library Programs Service and to the Regional library serving the state or region. This plan should include estimated beginnings and ending dates, the extent of the curtailment of service, the alternative strategies to be employed to fulfill Government information requests, and techniques for notifying primary clienteles, other depository and non- depository libraries, and the public. Questions may be directed to: Chief, Depository Services Library Programs Service U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20401 phone: (202) 512-1119 fax: (202) 512-1432 e-mail: rhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov