Depository Library Council &
Federal Depository Conference

October 22 - 25, 2000

Holiday Inn Rosslyn Westpark
1900 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington, VA

Morning All day meeting of regional librarians

8:45 Welcome

• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Library Division, LPS

9:00 Disposition and Replacement Issues for Regionals

• Daniel C. Barkley, Interim Head, Government Information, University of New Mexico

• Tim Byrne, Head, Government Publications, University of Colorado

2:00 The Electronic Transition: Regionals’ Role in a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program (discussion)

• William Sudduth, Head, Documents/Microforms, University of South Carolina

2:45 Wrap Up

• Sheila M. McGarr, LPS

4:00 Orientation to the Depository Library Council and Federal Depository Library Conference

• Sandy Morton-Schwalb, LPS, Facilitator
• Sheila M. McGarr, LPS, Facilitator

7:30 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

Morning

8:30 Welcome and Remarks

• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Library Division, LPS
• Maggie Farrell, Council Chair
• Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer
• Andrew M. Sherman, Director, Congressional, Legislative, and Public Affairs

9:30 GPO Update

• Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Superintendent of Documents

10:30 GPO Update (continued)

• Gil Baldwin, Director, Library Programs Service
• T.C. Evans, Assistant Director, Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services (EIDS)

11:15 GPO Information Exchange: Council and Audience Q&A

11:45 NCLIS Assessment of the Federal Government’s Public Information Dissemination Policies and Practices

• Judith C. Russell, Deputy Director, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

1:30 Depository Library Promotional Materials

• Kathryn A. McConnell, Chief, Creative Services, Promotion & Advertising, GPO

2:00 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

• Council Committee Reports and Recommendations for Council Action

2:00 Federal Agency Update Session, Part I

• Wendy Hill, SBIR Program Manager, Defense Technical Information Center, U.S. Department of Defense

• Teresa D. Linton, Reference Librarian, Public Document Room, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Dr. Walter L. Warnick, Director, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy

2:00 Historical Government Documents Cataloging Project: The Five Colleges of Ohio

• Ellen P. Conrad, Project Coordinator, Five Colleges of Ohio

2:00 New Documents Staff

• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Library Division, LPS, Facilitator
• Vicki A. Barber, Chief, Depository Distribution Division, LPS, Facilitator

2:00 LPS Tour

2:00 National Archives and Records Administration Tour

3:45 Federal Agency Update Session, Part II

• Betsy Banas, Staff Cartographer, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• James Lusby, Staff Officer, National Imagery & Mapping Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

• David L. Govoni, Web Services Coordinator, National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey

3:45 GPO/OCLC Electronic Archiving Project

• John A. Hearty, Director, Business Development Division, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

8:30 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

8:30 Government Information Reference Services: New Roles and Models for the Post-Depository Era

• Debbi Schaubman, Head, Government Documents, Michigan State University, Moderator
• Bert T. Chapman, Government Documents Librarian, Purdue University
• Ann E. Miller, Head, Government Documents, Duke University
• Anna A. Sylvan, GIS/Government Documents Librarian, Saint Charles City-County Library District
• John A. Shuler, Head, Government Documents, University of Illinois, Chicago
• William Sleeman, Government Documents Librarian, University of Maryland School of Law

8:30 Digitizing Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

• Suzanne L. Holcombe, Documents Librarian, Oklahoma State University

• Meredith A. Ricker, Data Center Coordinator, University of New Hampshire

8:30 Digital Archiving at NARA

• Robert Chadduck, Computer Specialist, National Archives & Records Administration

• Donald M. Sawyer, Computer Specialist, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center

10:00 LPS Tour

10:00 Newseum Tour

10:00 U.S. Senate Library Tour

10:30 Finding Government Economic Statistics

• Deborah P. Klein, Associate Commissioner for Publications, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

10:30 Presidential Libraries: Their Roles & Resources

• Nancy Smith, Director, Presidential Materials Staff, National Archives and Records Administration

10:30 Applying for Library Grants

• Michele Farrell, Program Officer, Institute of Museum & Library Services

• Sahon Palmer, Program Officer, National Telecommunications Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

1:30 Depository Library Promotional Materials

• Kathryn A. McConnell, Chief, Creative Services, Promotion & Advertising, GPO

2:00 Federal Agency Update Session, Part III

Census Bureau

• John C. Kavaliunas, Chief, Marketing Services Office, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce

• Robert Wendling, Acting Director, STAT-USA, Economics & Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

• T.C. Evans, Assistant Director, EIDS, Facilitator

2:00 How to Balance FDLP Access with Library Missions and Community Mandates

• Cynthia L. Etkin, Program Analyst, LPS

2:00 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

2:00 LPS Tour

2:00 Newseum Tour

2:00 Serial & Government Publications Division Tour

2:00 U.S. Senate Library Tour

3:45 Federal Agency Update Session, Part IV

FirstGov

• Thomas Freebairn, Director, FirstGov, U.S. General Services Administration

• Janice Bain-Kerr, National Transportation Library, U.S. Department of Transportation

3:45 Science Agencies: Emerging Technologies & Digital Libraries

• Stephen M. Griffin, Program Officer, National Science Foundation

7:00 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

8:30 Depository Library Council Working Session [open to all]

8:30 Federal Agency Update Session, Part V

National Agricultural Library

• Gary K. McCone, Associate Director for Automation, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Ellen Ensel, Computer Systems Librarian, Jeannette Rankin Library Program, U.S. Institute of Peace

8:30 Government Document Displays: A Tutorial & Clearinghouse

• Mark McCullough, Government Documents Librarian, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Mary L. Nere, Government Documents Technician, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Mary Sue Lovett, Reference Librarian, St. Olaf College

8:30 Disaster Response Plans: Going Beyond Shouting "Help! Help!"

• Stephen Henson, Government Documents & Maps Librarian, Louisiana Tech University

10:00 LPS Tour

10:00 National Archives & Records Administration Tour

10:00 Newseum Tour

10:00 Serial & Government Publications Division Tour

10:30 Reconsidering Depository Status

• A. Hays Butler, Government Documents/Reference Librarian, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden
• David C.R. Heisser, Reference/Documents Librarian, The Citadel Military College
• Elizabeth M. McKenzie, Director, Suffolk University Law Library
• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Library Division, LPS

10:30 Search Engine Indexing of GPO Access Web Pages: An Open Discussion on How to Measure and Improve Results

• T.C. Evans, Assistant Director, EIDS, Facilitator

10:30 How Do I Cite This? Automating Reference Assistance

• Kenneth Furuta, Electronic Resources Specialist, Arizona State University

• Paul A. Arrigo, Reference/Government Documents Librarian, Washburn University School of Law

2:00 Depository Library Council: Plenary Session

Report of draft recommendations and action items, including audience response and comments

3:30 Adjourn