Submitted by Hans Raum
On Wednesday morning, April 15 Hans will do a presentation at 9 am in room 105 for any staff members who would like to find out more about both printed and online information resources available from federal government agencies, from the CIA to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. This will be an opportunity to see some of the oldest and most interesting government publications we received early in the 1800’s to the some of the most useful websites created by various federal agencies. The U. S. government is the largest publisher in the world and government agencies quickly took advantage of the potential of the Web to make their services and information resources more widely available. Potential future developments will be discussed, along with their implications for our role as one of seven federal depository libraries in Vermont.
Federal website of the month: http://recovery.gov
For those interested in digital access to government documents, I recommend listening to this interview with Carl Malamud from ITConversations:
http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4033.html