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U. S. General Accounting Office. 2002. Information management: Challenges in managing and preserving electronic records. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 83 pp.

Annotation: This report reviews the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) response to the difficulties of managing, preserving, and providing access to federal agencies' electronic records. Also reviewed are NARA's efforts to acquire an advanced electronic records archiving system, which will be based on new technologies that are still the subject of research. The report includes the following sections: results in brief; conclusions; recommendations for executive action; agency comments, and a glossary. The appendices provide information on the report's objectives, scope, and methodology; an evaluation of approaches to archiving electronic records; a review of agencies managing large volumes of important electronic records; and comments from NARA.

Keywords: Electronic publications, Federal agencies, Government records, Information systems, Process evaluation, Records management

Robinson JS. 1998. Tapping the government grapevine: The user-friendly guide to U.S. government information sources. (3rd ed.). Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 286 pp.

Annotation: This directory is designed to provide practical information to help readers use and make sense of government publications and information, including databases, audiovisual materials, archival collection and other primary resources. Topics covered include the Government Printing Office, depository libraries, bibliographies and indexes, scientific information, patents, trademarks and copyrights, legislative information sources, regulations, executive branch and judicial sources, statistics, nonprint and primary resources, overcoming barriers to access by using documents reference sources, and foreign and international documents.

Keywords: Directories, Federal government, Government information, Government publications, Information services

Felker DB, Pickering F, Charrow VR, Holland VM, Redish JC. 1981. Guidelines for document designers. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research; Springfield, VA: distributed by ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 106 pp. (ERIC reports)

Annotation: This report presents guidelines for designing government publications; it presents 25 principles with examples accompanied with practical advice for implementing them. The principles fall within the following broad categories: organization of the text, general principles about writing, typography, and graphic design. The report also includes summaries of research which has been done on each principle.

Keywords: Design, Government publications, Guidelines

U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Publications and Supplies. 1940. Publications of the Department of Labor: July 1, 1940. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 60 pp.

U.S. Government Printing Office. Federal depository library program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office,

Annotation: This resource describes the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), which was established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government’s information. The Government Printing Office administers the FDLP on behalf of the participating libraries and the public. Information products from the Federal Government are disseminated to these nationwide libraries that, in turn, ensure the American public has free access to the materials, both in print and online. The resource links to a list of depository libraries and to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, which identifies titles published by the federal government.

Keywords: Depository libraries, Directories, Federal government, Publications
   

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