Govdoc-Iowa is a forum for discussion of issues surrounding provision of government information in all formats, on both the federal and state levels.
Governance will be vested in the University of Iowa Libraries as both the Federal Depository Library for Iowa, and the host of the electronic discussion list. The list will be open to all interested in government information, but targeted libraries and individuals will be the nineteen federal depositories in Iowa, the approximately 45 Iowa State Depository Libraries and members of ILA/GODORT.
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