Partnerships and promises: the history and future of library and US Government information

Librarians involved with the US Federal Depository Library system need to seriously reconsider their roles and economic arguments, as more federal agencies bypass the Government Printing Office and publish government information directly through the World Wide Web. If “ownership” and “collections” were the watchwords under the earlier model, “service” and “partnerships” will dominate the practice of government information librarians in the next century.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Shuler, John A.
Published in:	The Bottom Line. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 2054-1724, ZDB-ID 2014372-2. - Vol. 15.2002, 2, p. 60-63
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Subject:	Government agencies \| Central government \| Federal Government \| Financing \| Library services

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/08880450210427317 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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