Transcript Depository Libraries

Depository Libraries
New Jersey State Data Center
Annual Network Meeting
June 17, 2010
Bobray Bordelon,
[email protected]
Federal Depository Library Program
• 1789: U.S. Dept. of State employs
newspapers to publish the laws,
orders, & resolutions of Congress.
• 1813: Congress passes legislation
to send a copy of the House & the
Senate Journals & other
Congressional documents to
universities & historical societies.
Federal Depository Library Program
• 1857: Secretary of the Interior begins to
oversee government printing & the
designation of depositories.
• 1858: Congress enables each
representative to designate a depository
in his/her district or territory. Public
libraries can now serve as depositories.
• 1859: Congress allows for each Senator to
designate a depository in his/her state.
• 1860: GPO established.
Federal Depository Library Program
• GPO's legal authority is guaranteed in Title 44 of
the United States Code and set its mission to
"keep America informed" by providing
government documents to libraries for access
by the public.
• 1895: authority for the depository program
transferred from the to the Office of the
Superintendent of Documents. Indexing of
government publications begins. All
publications of the Executive Departments not
intended for their special use are added to
distribution.
• Today select depositories choose which
agencies and classes of publications to receive.
NJ State Document Depository System
• NJ state document depository system dates
back to 1875.
• 1957: Law changed to increase the number of
copies of materials to be sent to the State
Library from 6 to 25. Thirteen libraries were
depositories at this time.
• 1960's: More depositories added.
• 1967: Law revised to send 75 copies
• Select depositories agree to provide public
access to state documents for 5 years.
• State Library is also preserving digital
documents.
Further Reading
•
Documents Association of New Jersey website http://danj.org/
•
Federal Depository Library Program Website
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html
•
Hernon, Peter and Laura Saunders. “The Federal Depository Library Program in
2003: One Perspective on the Transition to the Future”. College and Research
Libraries. Volume 70, No. 4. Pages 351-70.
•
Kessler, Ridley R. “A brief history of the Federal Depository Library Program: A
personal perspective”. Journal of Government Information. Volume 23, Issue 4,
(July-August 1996) Pages 369-380.
• What is the FDLP? Brief History of the Federal Depository Library Program
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/federal/fdlpexhibit/whatisfdlp.html