DLC: Opening Session
Posted by Valerie on October 23, 2007
Monday, October 15th, 8:30 am
Intro from Bob Tapella, new Public Printer.
He sees GPO as an aggregator and facilitator. Wants to provide flexibility to library partners.
Specific issues:
- health of gpo: celebrating 4 straight years in the black
- gpo express: 800+ publications have been added to the program from the gpo express program
- sales program: important – need to try & make it successful. currently reviewing options to try & make money
- digitization: see report on fdlp desktop
- fdsys: new name to be announced later (note: new name is federal digital system)
next sudocs will not be ric davis. however, ric will be helping mr. tapella find a new superintendent of documents. what qualities should the next sudocs possess? Email ric (rdavis@gpo.gov) – no names, just qualities & characteristics.
Next speaker: ric davis
distribution backlog
- fdlp desktop will have a new depository distribution web page
- info on box numbers, shipping lists, timelines, responses to claims, additional contact info
- 7 new staff members have been added to distribution area
Also: Ric is in charge of customer relationship management system. This should lead to better, more timely responses.
biennial survey
- focus on info re: public access assessments [gathering info in biennial survey]
fdlp express
- can tailor fdlp-l so that you receive announcements on info you’re interested in
- can customize via fdlp.gov
digitization
proposed path forward:
- establish partnerships with other agencies (nara, loc)
- establish standards for digitization
- check the summary report
fdlp handbook
- still draft – going under another review
shared regionals
- received over 300 comments
- guidelines are now final & available on the gpo web site
ILS
- check gpo update
- currently migrating to v. 18 of aleph
- close to release of z39.50 gateway
- library directory is complete & should soon replace the existing directory
metadata extraction
- dtic, odu working on a contract to automate extraction of metadata
- see announcement from a couple of weeks ago
- looking to evaluate alternatives to creating metadata, look at staffing, develop requirements for use with fdsys
homeland security digital library soon to be partner with gpo
new templates/info for partnerships on fdlp.gov (see partnership FAQs)
GPO wants to continue online training sessions with OPAL. There will be upcoming sessions on the new directory, e-government, etc.
- where are upcoming sessions advertised?
NTIS partnership
- see notes from james
q & a:
q. still pursuing a move to a new building?
a. yes
q. re: NTIS: IP authentication?
a. coming soon
q. can we have item numbers for all electronic only items?
a. Still working out kinks – depends on legacy databases
note: Ric’s entire speech is available on the FDLP Desktop
