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The Web for Documents Librarians

Presented by:

Jerry Breeze - Columbia University
Jane Cramer - Brooklyn College
David Hellman - New York University

The objectives of this presentation are:: 1 Demonstrate the potential for using a web site as an information resource for documents librarians; 2 Tour selected documents web sites, to see the variety of approaches possible; 3 Identify a number of web sites which are useful in the operation of a documents collection; 4 Collect some resources useful in creating or enhancing your own web site

Table of Contents:

Web Sites Tour | Documents Operations | Publishers | Print Resources | Web Site Tools

Documents Web Sites Tour

{Brooklyn College Library - Government Publications}
{Columbia University - Documents Service Center}
{NYU - Bobst Library's U.S. Government and Political Science Resources}
{University of California, Berkeley - Government & Social Science Information}
{University of California, Santa Barbara - Government: U.S.}
{University of Michigan - Documents Center}
U. S. Depository Libraries WWW Home Pages: compiled by Lily Wai, University of Idaho

Useful Sites for Documents Collections Operations

Official Sites

{Government Printing Office (GPO)}
- {Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Administration}
  - Administrative Notes & Technical Supplements
  - Federal Depository Library Manual & Supplements
  - Instructions to Depository Libraries
  - List of Classes
  - GPO Cataloging Guidelines
  - {Superseded List}
  - Title 44 Laws
  - Plans & Studies
  - Fact Sheets
  - Recommended Minimum Specifications for Public Access Workstations
  - {Item Lister}
    Instructions on how to import your List of Item Selections into Excel from the Item Lister
  - Surveys
  - Shipping Lists
  - Needs & Offers List
  - Calendar
  - Contacts {http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/GODIG2.html}
- {GPO Access}
- {Monthly Catalog of Publications (MOCAT)}
- Pathway Services {http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces760.html}

Unofficial Sites

{Basic Depository Library Documents}, from Thomas G. Tyler, U. of Denver:
- Collection Development Guidelines
- Depository Library Directory
- Depository Library Profiles
- Depository Library Program Laws
- Explanation of SUDOCS
- Depository Library Manual
- GPO Classification Manual
- Guidelines for the Federal Depository Library Program
- Inactive or Discontinued Items
- Instructions to Depository Libraries
- List of Classes, w/Additions & Changes
- Recommended Minimum Specifications for Public Access Workstations
- Superseded List
- Union List of Item Selections
Core List of Paper Documents: a wish list from Louisiana State University {http://indigo.lib.lsu.edu/govdocs/paper.html}
Docbase CD-ROM Guides for Government CDs: provided by Robert Lopresti, hosted by the University of Minnesota, Duluth {http://www.d.umn.edu/~mgerber/edd/docbase.html}
Enhanced Shipping List Service: search and print shipping lists by item number, SuDoc number, or title order; automatically check your inclusion list against shipping lists and print Call Number labels for your library, from the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Texas at Arlington {http://libaix01.uta.edu/shiplist/}
{GODORT:} includes GODORT Handout Exchange and GOVDOC-L Listserv Archive, from the University of Michigan
GovBot Database of Government Web Sites: specialized search engine; searches only .gov and .mil domains {http://ciir2.cs.umass.edu/Govbot/}
{International Documents Task Force}
Links to Foreign Governments {http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/idtf/foreign.htm}
Links to International Organizations {http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/idtf/igo.html}
Migrating Government Publications: titles which have moved from print to the Web, from the University of Memphis {http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/mig.htm}
Needs and Offers List: from Kevin Reynolds, University of the South {http://docs.sewanee.edu/nando/nando.html}
{Net Happenings}: daily listings of new Internet resources
PRF: Publication Reference File: From Claitor's Books {http://www.claitors.com/prf/prfindex.htm}
Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians: includes GODORT and Depository Library Council information, and professional associations and listservs, from the University of California, Berkeley {http://library.berkeley.edu/GODORT}
{Yahoo! : Government}

Web Sites for Documents-Related Publishers

Bernan - Government Publications Network
{Chadwyck-Healey}
CIS: Congressional Information Service {http://www.cispubs.com}
{Congressional Quarterly}
Claitor's Law Books & Publishing
Counterpoint {http://cfr.counterpoint.com/}
Documents Index: Andriot {http://andriot.com/}
Government Institutes
LEGI-SLATE {Note: Link removed; LEGI-SLATE closed effective 9/15/99}
{Lexis-Nexis}
Marcive
{National Security Archive}
{NTIS}: Catalogs of Publications
Newsbank/Readex
UMI: University Microfilms International
UPA: University Publications of America {http://www.us.net/upa/}

Print Resources

The Federal Internet Source (National Journal) - 2/year, $50
The Internet Connection (Bernan Press) - 10/year, $69
Internet World (Mecklermedia) - 12/year, $29

Web Site Tools

{Adobe Acrobat download site}
The Background Sampler {http://www2.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/bg/backgrounds.html}
{Beginner's Guide to HTML}
The Browser Safe Color Palette: colors that should look the same on any platform
Clip Art Searcher: facilitates finding art, backgrounds, animations, sounds, etc., through a number of specialized search engines
{Color Codes for HTML}
Developing and Delivering Government Services on the World Wide web: Recommended Practices for New York State: a primer for NYS agencies on Web development, but also useful for docs librarians.
Note: Going to this site will automatically download the document to your computer; you must also have the Adobe Acrobat viewer in order to read it.
Doctor HTML
Free Art Web Site: from Laurie McCanna, author of Creating Great Web Graphics
The Icon Pavilion: a source for icons and tools, for all platforms {http://www.ozemail.com.au/~afactor/pavilion/iconoweb.html}
Image Surfer {http://isurf.interpix.com/}
{Laurie's Free Web Graphics}: nice "suites" of buttons, arrows, rules, etc.
Prototype for Establishing Links to Documents in GPO WAIS Databases
Realm Graphics: textures, bullets, buttons, and icons
The Table Sampler: examples and HTML code for all kinds of tables {http://partner.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/table_sample.html}
{Web Development Tools Download Page}: a place to download web authoring tools, site management tools, graphics utilities, and multimedia plugins
WebReference: all things web

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