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RE: looking for a contact at NARA in re presidential records.

Posted By James Jacobs Jul 14, 2021 09:30 PM
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Hi Rachel. Apologies for not responding to your question. There’s contact info at the bottom of NARA’s guidance on managing social media records: https://digital.gov/resources/nara-guidance-on-managing-social-media-records/ It seems pretty clear to me. Social media accts of the president are considered ...

RE: GPO Seeking Feedback on Legislative Proposals for FDLP

Posted By James Jacobs Mar 02, 2021 07:30 PM
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Jim Jacobs and I wrote up some analysis over at FGI. Please have a look. You're welcome to copy/paste anything that piques your interest. As we noted, there's some very good items in GPO's proposal, as well as some gaps that need to be addressed. -James R. Jacobs ------------------------------ James ...

RE: Two letters from GODORT

Posted By James Jacobs Aug 24, 2018 09:39 PM
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Thanks for posting these letters Shari. Glad the GODORT is out front on these issues, especially public access to CRS reports for which librarians have been advocating for a loooong time! ------------------------------ James Jacobs Federal Government Information Librarian Stanford University Green ...

RE: GODORT Virtual Meeting: Title 44 Reform & H.R. 5305

Posted By James Jacobs Mar 23, 2018 02:34 PM
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Hi folks. FGI has done some analysis on the bill if you're interested. I'm glad that the committee split out the unpalatable GPO sections (chapters 1 and 3 of the previous draft bill) from the FDLP section (chapter 5) for this new bill. This allowed library lobbying arms (ALA WO, AALL, ARL) to support ...

RE: GODORT change & public comments

Posted By James Jacobs Apr 23, 2016 08:52 AM
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I'm generally in favor of streamlining the communication structure of GODORT and think monthly calls with TF/Comm chairs would allow all GODORT members to know ALL of what's going on. My question is similar to what's been mentioned by Bernadine and others. That is, if there are no liaisons, how ...

What are we to keep? thoughts on the National Collection (DttP Spring 2015 feature article)

Posted By James Jacobs May 04, 2015 10:04 AM
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I've written a piece for GODORT's journal Documents to the People (DttP) about the future of the national collection (aka FDLP collections). I hope you'll read and comment on "What are we to keep? Thoughts on the national collection" as well as the What are we to keep? FAQ which gives more context and ...

Action needed ASAP to support LC and GPO (especially MI, WV, KY, and NY)

Posted By James Jacobs Apr 29, 2015 08:23 PM
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I have it on good authority that FY2016 Legislative Appropriations bill in the House Appropriations Committee is going to be marked up TOMORROW. This will include funding (or not!) for Library of Congress and Govt Publishing Office. The draft bill is especially worrisome in that it has a big cut for ...

Any GODORT members going to DC for Library Legislative Day (May 4&5)?

Posted By James Jacobs Mar 30, 2015 04:07 PM
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Are you as a GODORT member planning on going to Washington DC for National Library Legislative Day May 4-5, 2015? If so, please let Chair of GODORT Legislation Committee Bernadine Abbott Hoduski know. She has a contact at the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) -- GPO's Congressional oversight committee ...

Want to be a fugitive hunter?

Posted By James Jacobs Feb 01, 2015 12:05 AM
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How would you like to help find fugitive government documents? Fugitives are Federal documents that fall within scope of the FDLP but for whatever reason have not made it to GPO for cataloging into the CGP and distributed to FDLP libraries. In the born-digital era, where federal agencies and Congressional ...

DttP letter to the editor re digital preservation of government information

Posted By James Jacobs Jan 26, 2015 05:22 PM
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Jim Jacobs and I recently wrote a letter to the editor to the GODORT journal Documents to the People (DttP) (published in the Winter 2014 issue) entitled “Digital preservation deserves better coverage.” We post it here to FGI in the hopes that it will “clarify some of the issues and provide a more accurate ...

Legislation Committee agenda MW '15

Posted By James Jacobs Jan 16, 2015 01:20 PM
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Legislation Committee meeting schedule and agenda Midwinter Meeting 2015 Chicago, IL Legislation Committee I (joint w ALA COL/GIS) Saturday, January 31, 2015 1:00pm – 2:30pm MCP - W175A Legislation Committee II Sunday, February ...

draft response to GPO policy - please comment!

Posted By James Jacobs Jul 28, 2014 10:09 AM
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GODORT has posted a DRAFT response to GPO's idea to change FDLP policy to allow regional depositories to substitute authenticated content on FDsys for tangible materials held at least seven years and, with Superintendent of Documents approval, discard these publications. Please check out the draft and ...

Contact your representatives to save NTIS

Posted By James Jacobs Jul 11, 2014 09:57 AM
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At the last ALA conference held 2 weeks ago, the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) passed a resolution in support of the NTIS. The text of the resolution is below. While the resolution passed GODORT, it has been sent back to ALA’s Committee on Legislation (COL) to work on some wording before ...

Contact your representatives to save NTIS

Posted By James Jacobs Jul 11, 2014 09:56 AM
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At the last ALA conference held 2 weeks ago, the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) passed a resolution in support of the NTIS. The text of the resolution is below. While the resolution passed GODORT, it has been sent back to ALA’s Committee on Legislation (COL) to work on some wording before ...

FGI analysis of COL FDLP Task Force final report

Posted By James Jacobs Jun 27, 2014 01:00 AM
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Jim Jacobs and I have analyzed and have some comments on the FDLP Task Force's final report. You can find the comments at http://freegovinfo.info/node/8840 or below. We hope our comments are taken as constructive criticism. We appreciate the committee's work, but were left wanting so much more. Hopefully ...

FGI analysis of COL FDLP Task Force final report

Posted By James Jacobs Jun 27, 2014 12:59 AM
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Jim Jacobs and I have analyzed and have some comments on the FDLP Task Force's final report. You can find the comments at http://freegovinfo.info/node/8840 or below. We hope our comments are taken as constructive criticism. We appreciate the committee's work, but were left wanting so much more. Hopefully ...

GODORT panel discussion at DLC: "Digitization and preservation of govt documents"

Posted By James Jacobs Apr 22, 2014 11:45 AM
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Please join us for this GODORT panel discussion held during next week's Depository Library Council meeting in Washington DC. It's sure to be a lively discussion! DIGITIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS GODORT Panel Discussion Depository Library Council meeting in D.C. April 30, ...

RE: Need input on draft statements on the future of of govt information and the FDLP

Posted By James Jacobs Jan 24, 2014 12:47 PM
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a couple of people mentioned that they had difficulty with the PDF package. So I've uploaded each file separately too. Your choice.

Need input on draft statements on the future of of govt information and the FDLP

Posted By James Jacobs Jan 24, 2014 08:43 AM
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GODORT-Legislation-statements-combined.pdf

Need input on draft statements on the future of of govt information and the FDLP

Posted By James Jacobs Jan 24, 2014 08:43 AM
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(I'm posting on behalf of Bernadine Abbott Hoduski, chair of GODORT Legislation Committee) GODORT Legislation committee has drafted 6 short statements on various aspects pertaining to the future of government information and the FDLP. We need input, suggestions, edits on these drafts from all ...