Panel Members:

Daniel O’Mahony, Department Leader, Administrative Services, Brown University LibraryJudy Russell, Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents),

Government Printing OfficeAtifa Rawan, Full Librarian, Social Sciences Team, University of Arizona LibraryCheryl Knott Malone, Associate Professor, School of Information Resources and Library Science,

University of Arizona

Gov’t

Where Next

Info

Road

?Opportunities & Challenges

in a Predominately Electronic Government Information

Environment

• Users' expectations• GPO/FDLP strategic vision and future directions• Roles of libraries• Staffing issues and training

It's been 10 years since the Government Printing Office issued its Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic Federal Depository Library Program. In the interim, GPO and depository libraries have been transitioning to electronic dissemination while at the same time continuing to manage the legacy collections of print and other tangible formats.

In this session, participants will discuss the upcoming opportunities and challenges we can expect as we continue to function in the hybrid environment.

Among the issues to be addressed:

1995

2005

• Born same year as Apple II and the Radio Shack TRS-80• There has always been a space shuttle• Despite sightings to the contrary, Elvis has always been dead• Old enough to have seen Pete Rose play & manage baseball• Anita Bryant never pitched Florida orange juice

The Incoming Freshman Class of

1995

Source: Day by Day, The Seventies, Facts on File, 1988

2005

• Born same year as IBM PS/2• Don’t remember when “cut & paste” was with scissors• Voice mail and digital cameras have always existed• Bill Gates has always been worth at least $2 billion• There has never been a “fairness doctrine” at the FCC

The Incoming Freshman Class of

Source: Beloit College Mindset List

2.5 generations of college students 3 presidential election cycles 3+ generations of computer equipment 6 congressional election cycles10 new classes of incoming freshmen

10-Year Timeframe

Ten years after...

Academic, 55%

Public, 20%

Academic Law, 11%

State and Special, 5%

Federal Agency, 4%

Federal and State Court, 4%

Academic, 57%

Public, 19%

Academic Law, 12%

State and Special, 5%

Federal Agency, 3%

Federal and State Court, 4%

1995 2005

1,385 FDLP libraries 1,266 FDLP libraries

8.6% drop in 10 years(119 libraries)

Paper (includes maps)28%

Electronic formats (e.g., diskette, CD-

ROM, DVD)1%

Microfiche (includes DOE

fiche)71%

Paper (includes maps), 74%

Electronic formats (e.g., diskette, CD-

ROM, DVD), 2%

Microfiche, 24%

1995 2005

61,851 titles 10,489 titles

83% drop in 10 years(51,362 titles)

Titles Distributed to FDLP Libraries

GPO Access Gateway

GPO Access average monthly retrievals

Percent of FDLP titles available onlinePercent available in tangible formats ONLYPercent available online ONLY

Number of online titles (files)

E-pubs harvested from agency web sites

1995 2005

207,000 36 million

< 5% > 92%> 95% 14% 0% 35%

7,400 236,000

NA 6,500 (FY)

Sources: GPO Library Program Service annual reports, FDLP Biennial surveys, GPO staff

Transition to More Electronic Environment – Access to Gov Info

Web page for government information?

Graphical web browser available to public?

Current bib records for e-docs linked inonline catalog?

Estimated total FDLP patrons per week

Systematically downloads & stores e-docs

1995 2005

NA 92%

38% NA

NA 77%

136 per FDL 46% < 25

NA 163(334 willing)

Sources: GPO Library Program Service annual reports, FDLP Biennial surveys, GPO staff

Transition to More Electronic Environment – Effect on Libraries

66% of Internet users have looked for information from a government web site (federal, state, local)

41% of Internet users have done research involving official government statistics or documents online

What government web site users (97 million Americans) do at agency web sites:

70% do research for work or school62% seek information about a public policy or issue of interest49% get advice or information about a health or safety issue34% get information about potential business opportunities

Source: How Americans Contact Government, June 2003

Source: Association of Research Libraries, Texas A&M University, LibQUAL+ 2005 Survey, 2005

8.26 Making electronic resources accessible from my home or office8.22 Modern equipment that lets me easily access needed information8.16 A library Web site enabling me to locate information on my own8.13 Print and/or electronic journal collections I require for my work8.11 Easy-to-use access tools that allow me to find things on my own8.10 Making information easily accessible for independent use8.09 The electronic information resources I need

Undergraduates

7.92 The printed library materials I need for my work

Top Desired Mean Scores:

IC = Information Control

94% of 11th & 12th graders use Internet

89% all teens send or read email

“They view email as something you use to talk to ‘old people,’ institutions, or to send complex instructions to large groups.”

“Instant messaging has become the digital communications backbone of teens’ daily lives.”

About 2/3 teenagers use IM; 1/3 use IM every single dayAbout 3/4 online teens use IM

Source: Teens and Technology, July 2005

#1 – “Millennials” are a distinct age cohort (13 to 28 year olds)

#2 – They are immersed in a world of media and gadgets

#3 – Their technology is mobile

#4 – Internet plays a special role in their world

#5 – They are multi-taskers

#6 – They often are unaware or and indifferent to the consequences of their use of technology

#7 – Their (our) technology world will change radically in the coming decade

#8 – The way they approach learning & research tasks will be shaped by their new techno-world

Source: Lee Rainie, “Life Online: Teens and Technology and World to Come,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, March 2006

REALITIES:

#1 – Ensure that the public has equitable, no-fee, local access to government information

#2 – Use new information technologies to improve public access

#3 – Provide government information in formats appropriate to the needs of users and the intended usage

#4 – Enable the public to locate government information regardless of format

#5 – Ensure both timely, current public access and permanent, future public access, without copyright-like restrictions on the use or re-use of information

#6 – Facilitate preservation of government information [through NARA]

#7 – Ensure the program is cost-effective for all parties

Source: GPO, Study to Identify Measures Necessary for a Successful Transition to a More Electronic FDLP, 1996

Goals for an Electronic FDLP: