Information For Librarians

List-servs • Organizations • Depository Library Programs

Government Publications Collection Policies

List-servs

• Govdoc-Iowa. An electronic mailing list for discussion of issues surrounding provision of government information in all formats, on both the federal and state levels.
• Govdoc-L. Listserv based discussion forum about government information and the United States Federal Depository Library program.
• Intl-Doc. Listserv for international documents librarians.

Organizations

• American Library Association
• Association of Ressearch Libraries
• Center for Research Libraries
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
• GODORT. The home of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) contains numerous valuable links for documents librarians.
  • Government Documents Retrospective Conversion Projects: A Survey. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Government Documents Task Force and the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table Cataloging Committee, and housed at the University of Iowa, this survey is intended to collect information on cataloging projects for pre-1976 U. S. government publications.
  • CD-ROM Doc: GODORT CD-ROM Documentation Service. A searchable database of government electronic resources in physical format. Sponsored by GITCO and hosted by the University of Iowa.
• Iowa Library Association (ILA)
• ILA GODORT. Iowa's Government Documents Round Table

Depository Library Programs

• Federal Depository Library Information for Iowa Libraries
• European Union Depository Libraries
• United Nations Depository Libraries

University of Iowa Libraries Government Publications Collection Policies

• Collection Policy (University of Iowa Libraries, Government Publications Department)
• Depository Library Public Service Guidelines For Government Information in Electronic Formats. Government Publications policy for the use of electronic information.
• Disaster Plan. Instructions for rescue of Government Publications collections in event of a disaster.