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[COL Letter to GPO]

June 13, 2008

Mr. Richard G. Davis Superintendent of Documents Director of Library Services & Content Management U.S. Government Printing Office

Ms. Cynthia Etkin Sr. Program Planning Specialist Office of the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office 732 North Capitol Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20401

Dear Mr. Davis and Ms. Etkin,

On behalf of the American Library Association (ALA), I am writing in response to the Government Printing Office’s (GPO’s) request for comments on the report titled Regional Depository Libraries in the 21st Century: A Time for Change? In addition, the following key units have endorsed ALA’s comments: the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), and the Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT).

First, ALA would like to thank the staff at GPO for their work on such an extensive undertaking in a very limited period of time. Second, we take this opportunity to provide comments (below), following each of GPO’s bulleted recommendations on page 21 of the report.

 Continuing and increasing appropriations for GPO's initiatives to create machine-readable bibliographic records for the legacy collection of pre-1976 depository publications to ensure its completion in a timelier manner.

ALA supports GPO’s recommendation for ongoing support for adequate funding to catalog pre-1976 materials to help make them more accessible.

 Revising Chapter 19 of Title 44 to allow a more flexible structure within the parameters of the, already library community-accepted, Guidelines For Establishing Shared Regional Depository Libraries.

ALA supports this recommendation with the proviso that any revision of Title 44 in the near future is limited exclusively to changes to 44 U.S.C. 1912, to allow for flexibility in the regional depository library program. At this time, our membership community has not reached consensus about larger and more significant changes to the overall structure of the Federal Depository Library Program and Title 44. (Please see comments on the final recommendation below.)

 Approving the Kansas/Nebraska shared regional proposal. GPO is positioned to approve intrastate proposals and wants to continue to bring new multi-state proposals that meet the criteria in the Guidelines For Establishing Shared Regional Depository Libraries, forward to the JCP for consideration.

ALA recognizes that the Kansas/Nebraska shared regional proposal can serve as one model for an intrastate proposal, but it is only one of several possible models. ALA encourages flexibility and variety moving forward and urges GPO to consider and test this and other collaborative models.

 Making funds available to regional depository libraries to help offset the costs of storing and preserving government property and the costs that are shifted from agencies to libraries as an unintended consequence of technology (an unfunded mandate).

In principal, ALA endorses this recommendation. As all stakeholders proceed with the broader discussion of larger-scale changes to Title 44 and the structure of the FDLP program, there will need to be more specific discussion about the nature of such funding and its application.

 Continuing the dialog between GPO and the depository community about the outcomes of this study and to undertake a more in-depth look at the organizational, financial, and technological issues affecting the FDLP in its entirety, not just the regional depository libraries. Further discussion of scenarios for a flexible future are needed to gain consensus for driving Title 44 revisions.

ALA strongly endorses this recommendation, and looks forward to continuing the dialog and collaborating to craft solutions for meeting the challenges of providing no-fee permanent public access to government information in the digital age.


In conclusion, we would like to thank GPO for the opportunity to submit comments in response to the recommendations in the report. Also, ALA looks forward to the opportunity to work collaboratively together moving forward to identify successful strategies for meeting the challenges of providing no-fee permanent public access to government information.

Sincerely,

Lynne Bradley Director American Library Association Washington Office


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