The Federal Depository Library Program : anachronism or necessity?

Durant, David M. (2004) The Federal Depository Library Program : anachronism or necessity?. North Carolina Libraries 62(1):pp. 30-39.

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Abstract

This article surveys the origins and development of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), and analyzes the program's future prospects in a primarily electronic age. It argues that while the FDLP as a geographically distributed method for providing access to government publications is becoming an anachronism, the depository program still has a future if it focuses on service in aiding users looking for government information.

Keywords:	FDLP, federal, depository, electronic, documents, government information, government publications, government documents
Subjects:	D. Libraries as physical collections. E. Publishing and legal issues.
ID Code:	2313
Deposited By:	Durant, David M
Deposited On:	30 September 2004
Alternative Locations:	http://personal.ecu.edu/durantd/fdlp.pdf, http://www.nclaonline.org/NCL/ncl/NCL_62_1_Spring2004.pdf
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