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Registration & Welcome Hands-on training to GPO Access, Cynthia Teague, Librarian, Michigan State University Break Group Discussion about GPO Access and Accessing Government Information Electronically, Ann Sanders, Goverment Information Specialist, Library of Michigan Lunch Future of the State of Michigan Information Infastructure, Linda Schatz, Director of the Office of Michigan Information Network Depository Library Update GODORT Business Meeting |
Campus Map Driving Instructions Back to table of contents
DOCBASE, a software package developed at Western Washington
University by Robert Lopresti and demonstrated at last winter's
GODORT meeting at the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, is now our menu
of choice at WSU. We have it installed it to help
manage subject cartridges of 6 products each, interchangeable on three
workstations (one with a Pioneer tower, the others with 6-disc changers).
I also use it for instruction as help files have been incorporated
along with presentation files. Our mechanical engineering student assistant,
Syed Tariq, has rewritten the original maze of batch files
into basic programs that are
easier for me--a non-programmer--to manage. Syed has also set up the
Windows Program Manager with a docbase icon so that we can move easily
from GPO Access, Netscape, and Windows-based CD-ROMs, which are increasing
in number.
When I showed DOCBASE and presented a back-to-basics view of working with the
batch files, I admitted that I would not have been able to do the installation
myself, even with the disk that Rob so generously shared with the documents
community. As an update to that presentation, as we have added an ethernet
card, GPO Access, Netscape, and Windows, I would say that
today more than ever,
documents librarians need a technician who can deal with the many layers
of complexity that now impede access to current government information.
It is only going to get more technical, and librarians cannot meet the challenge alone. 80% of what many engineers do is software; it is not necessary
to find a computer science student. Syed's skills are technical know-how,
curiosity, problem-solving ability, patience, and communication.
Every librarian with a student budget should try to find
an engineering student who can
install and test hardware, software, and help us figure out how to meet
the daily challenge of government information on the Internet and CD-ROMs.
There is help to be found!
Display Title : "Office of Technology Assessment"
On September 29, 1995, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) closed its doors for the last time. The agency was one of the first to be dismantled as a result of the budget cuts of 1995. The OTA, formed by the Technology Assessment Act of 1972, served "the United States Congress by providing objective analyses of major public policy issues related to scientific and technological change.... The Office's assessments explored complex issues involving science and technology, helped Congress resolve uncertainties and conflicting claims, identified alternative policy options, and provided foresight or early alert to new developments that could have important implications for future Federal policy."
As one can see from this selection of OTA reports, the demise of the agency means the loss of a rich source of public policy-related information.
Titles on display include :
Display Title : "United States Holocause Memorial Council"
Congress established the Council in 1980 to create a living memorial to the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi terrorism, racism, and fanaticism and to educate the American people about this tragedy.
The Council's mandate is to lead the nation in commemoration of Days of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust. It also encourages public awareness through documentary films, special exhibitions, and international scholarly conferences.
The Council also built the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., which serves as the nation's preminent educational institution on the events of 1933-1945. The Museum was dedicated and opened to the public in April 1993. Since that time, millions of visitors have come to look, learn, and contemplate the meaning of the Holocaust for themselves and all mankind.
Titles on display include :
If any of you are interested in nominating someone or serving in this position (a two and a half year commitment), please contact Cassandra Hartnett, Manager, Government Documents, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202; telephone : 313-833-1025; fax : 313-833-0156; e-mail : chartne@cms.cc.wayne.edu.
The contribution should have been published within the past three years. If unpublished, it should have been completed in the past three years.
Nominations may be made in writing to the Paul W. Thurston Award Committee, c/o Janet Schneider, Bradner Library, Schoolcraft College, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152-2696 by February 1, 1996. The letter of support should include the name and address of the nominee, present place of employment, a sample of the nominee's work, and the nominating source (person and/or organization).
The award is presented in the memory of Paul W. Thurston, who set exemplary professional standards during his career as a documents librarian. It is the hope of GODORT of Michigan that the award will encourage others in both new and ongoing contributions to the documents literature.
Grace York and Sue Davidsen were selected as the 1995 co-recipients for their work in sharing government information over the Internet. Carole Callard and the Public Services Division staff at the Library of Michigan were selected as the 1993 co-recipients for their efforts in compiling the five volume reference work Michigan 1870 Census Index. Jim Walsh and A. James Bothmer were the 1992 co-recipients for Vital and Health Statistics Series : An Annotated Checklist and Index to the Publications of the Rainbow Series. Suzanne Schulze was the 1990 recipient for her three indexes: Population Information in Nineteenth Century Census Volumes; Population Information in Twentieth Century Census Volumes, 1900- 1940; and Population Information in Twentieth Century Census Volumes, 1950-1980.
Source: Janet Schneider, letter, October 4, 1995; Carolyn Gaswick, (cgaswick@acad.albion.edu), GOVDOC-M, December 6, 1995; and back issues of RED TAPE.
GODORT of Michigan is soliciting nominations for both the Jennie
Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Jennie Award, named in honor of Jennie Cross, may be presented
to a member of the Michigan documents community in recognition of
current outstanding achievement or special service. The last
recipient was Jon Harrison in 1995.
A Lifetime Achievement Award may be presented to a past or present
member of GODORT in recognition of an exemplary career in
government documents service. Four people have received this
award so far: Eleanor Boyles, Richard Hathaway, June Hawthorne,
and Anne Diamond.
Nominations should be submitted by February 1, 1996 to: Larry Hall,
Director-at-Large, Monteith Library, Alma College, 614 W. Superior,
Alma, MI 48801-1599; telephone : (517) 463-7227; e-mail : (lhall@alma.edu);
or fax: (517) 629-0504.
Nominations must include or be followed by a written letter of
support. This letter should include name, address of the nominee,
present place of employment, description of achievements or special
service by the nominee, and the nominating source.
The Michigan Council of Federal Depository Libraries announces that its next meeting
is scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 1996, at the Library of Michigan, Great Lakes
Room (5th floor). Coffee and light refreshments will be available at 9:00 a.m. The
actual meeting will be held from 9:30 a.m-3:30 a.m.
The Council is responsible for implementing, monitoring, and amending the State
Plan for Federal Documents. The Council consists of six representatives of various
types of depository libraries across the state. Council meetings are open to the
public; observers will have the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns.
The two main items on the agenda are the planning of the geographic area biennial
meetings (slated for May/June 1996) and a discussion of the transition to an electronic
federal depository library program.
If you plan to attend as an observer, please contact Ann Marie Sanders to reserve a
seat (space is limited). Her e-mail address is (asanders@libofmich.lib.mi.us).
Also note that the Library of Michigan no longer offers parking validation, so be
prepared to pay 50 cents an hour to park.
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