Date:         Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:03:37 -0400
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ADVANCE REGISTRATION FOR TOURS
GPO is accepting registration for tours, followed by educational
presentations, on Monday, October 17, 2005, at the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office (LC), and the U.S. Government
Printing Office. Office of the Federal Register (NARA), will present
the educational program following the GPO tour.

Advance registration is necessary to allow for appropriate security
measures; registration at the meeting will NOT be possible. Due to the
limited space available on each tour, sign up will be on a first come,
first served basis. To register, go to:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/registration/fall_tour_reg.html

AGENDA AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Updates to the preliminary schedule have been made and can be viewed
at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/fall_conference_agenda.html

A preliminary detailed agenda is now available at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/fall_05_agenda.pdf

REGISTRATION
If you are planning to attend the Fall Depository Library Conference
and Depository Library Council meeting in Washington, DC on October
16-19 and have not already registered, please do so now. This will
allow us to plan appropriately for the correct number of attendees.
Online registration and event information is available at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/fall_conference.html

COUNCIL VISION OUTLINE
DLC Vision Outline is Now Available:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/dlc_vision_outline.pdf
The Depository Library Council (DLC) invites the library community and
general public to post their comments on the document, "Toward a
Vision of the Government Information Environment of the 21st Century:
A Draft Outline," on the DLC Vision outline Blog at
http://dlcvisionoutline.blogspot.com/

With the advent of the Web access to Federal Government information
has expanded far beyond Federal Depository Libraries. The current
environment presents challenges to Federal Depository Libraries in
four key areas:
*       Library Roles in the Non-Exclusive Environment
*       Managing Collection and Delivering Content
*       Adding Value
*       Deploying Expertise

The DLC has developed a series of questions to be used as guides in
drafting papers on each of these significant issues. It is our hope
that these papers will help focus the discussion as we envision our
future as providers of government information at the Fall Depository
Library Conference, October 16-19, 2005.

A blog has been created for community discussion of these significant
topics. The use of a blog will provide the quickest and most efficient
way to share comments among many stakeholders. The four key topics
mentioned above, as well as the entire document, are available for
comment and information sharing through October 15, 2005. At the end
of the comment period the contents of the blog will be archived and
linked from the DLC page off of the FDLP Desktop at
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/council/index.html.
You can comment on any or all sections of the draft by clicking on the
"comments" link at the end of each topic. You may choose to comment
anonymously or you may proceed with a very brief one-time registration
process that will allow you to login repeatedly as the blog grows and
add comments under your own identity.
Posted by the U.S. Government Printing Office, on behalf of Barbie
Selby, Depository Library Council Chair


If you have questions or comments, please use the GPO online help
service at:

http://gpo.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/gpo.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

To ensure that your question is routed to the correct area, please
choose the category "Federal Depository Libraries" and the appropriate
subcategory, if any.

You may also contact the GPO Customer Contact Center at
866-512-1800 (Toll-free), or at 202-512-1800 (DC Metropolitan
Area), Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., EST.

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