Videoconference: For Training and Communication

• Sandra Fritz, Federal Documents Coordinator, Illinois State Library

Wrap Up

• Sheila M. McGarr, LPS, GPO

Orientation

Orientation to the Depository Library Council and Federal Depository Library Conference

• Cynthia L. Etkin, Library Inspector, LPS, GPO, Facilitator
• Gail Snider, Library Inspector, LPS, GPO, Facilitator

Welcome & Remarks

• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Depository Services, LPS, GPO
• Thomas K. Andersen, Council Chair
• Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer

GPO Update

• T.C. Evans, Assistant Director, Office of Electronic Information Dissemination Services (EIDS), GPO

GPO Update (continued)

• Gil Baldwin, Director, Library Programs Service, GPO

• Robin Haun-Mohamed, Chief, Depository Administration Branch, LPS, GPO
• Thomas A. Downing, Chief, Cataloging Branch, LPS, GPO
• George D. Barnum, Electronic Transition Specialist, LPS, GPO

Depository Library Promotional Materials, Order Forms, and Upcoming Marketing Efforts

• Staff, Promotion & Advertising, GPO

Depository Library Council

• Committee Reports and Recommendations for Council Action

New Documents Librarians

Informal session to answer questions from mundane to complex about depository operational issues. For new documents librarians or those who feel "new" to any aspect of depository librarianship. Veteran documents librarians from a variety of backgrounds plus LPS staff will be available.

• Vicki A. Barber, Chief, Depository Distribution Division, LPS, GPO, Facilitator
• Sheila M. McGarr, Chief, Depository Services, LPS, GPO, Facilitator

Introduction to DVD

• Carol F. Cini, Associate Director, Institute for Federal Printing and Electronic Publishing, GPO

GPO Access (demonstration): All Databases

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO
• Karie T. Lew, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

Partners in GIS: Establishing Partnerships to Provide Access to Government Data and Metadata to Citizens

• Kenwood E. Giffhorn, Deputy Secretary, Management and Technical Services, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Maurie C. Kelly, Project Coordinator, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, Environmental Resources Research Institute

• Todd Bacastow, GIS Coordinator, Pennsylvania State University
• Christopher Pfeiffer, PASDA Metadata Specialist, Pennsylvania State University
• Archie Warnock, Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey

NTIS/GPO Depository Library Electronic Image Pilot Project

• Walter L. Finch, Associate Director for Business Development, National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce

GPO Access (demonstration)

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

• Karie T. Lew, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

Depository Library Council: Plenary Session

Assessment of Electronic Government Information Products: Final Report

• Woody Horton, Consultant, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

Depository Library Council: Plenary Session

DOE Virtual Library of Energy, Science, and Technology

• Dr. Walter L. Warnick, Director, Office of Scientific & Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy

Building the FDLP Electronic Collection

• Judy Andrews, Electronic Transition Specialist, LPS, GPO

• Laurie B. Hall, Program Analyst, LPS, GPO

Depository Library Promotional Materials, Order Forms, and Upcoming Marketing Efforts

• Staff, Promotion & Advertising, GPO

Federal Agency Update Session, Part I

DOE Information Bridge: One Year Later

• Don Altom, Product Manager, Office of Scientific & Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy

1997 Economic Census and Decennial Census

• John C. Kavaliunas, Chief, Marketing Services Office, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

STAT-USA Products

• Ken Rogers, Director, STAT-USA, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Digitizing Collections of Government Information: Options, Processes, Costs

• Cathy N. Hartman, Documents Librarian, University of North Texas

Electronic Resource Library of Plutonium Information: Vision and Reality (demonstration)

• Karen Ruddy, Director, Electronic Resource Library Project, Amarillo College

GPO Access (demonstration): Advanced Search Techniques

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

• Karen E. Sieger, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

Tracking Legislation through GPO Access’ Congressional Databases

• Karie Lew, EIDS, GPO

Spreading the Riches Around: Administering Selective Housing Arrangements from the Law Library Perspective

• Robert C. Richards, Jr., Technical Services and Documents Librarian, University of Colorado Law Library
• Sharon Blackburn, Government Documents Librarian, Texas Tech University School of Law Library

• Martha Jo Sani, Assistant Librarian, Business Library, University of Colorado

Federal Agency Update Session, Part II

A Digital Library of the State of the Environment; How To Use on the Web and on a Web-connected CD-ROM (demonstration)

• Brand L. Niemann, Digital Librarian and Computer Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Emergency Management Agency (demonstration)

• Marc W. Wolfson, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Emergency Information and Public Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Elaws: Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses (demonstration)

• Roland G. Droitsch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

PURLS: What Do I Need to Know? Working With PURLS in Your Local Catalog

• Nan L. Myers, Government Documents Librarian, Wichita State University

• Arlene Weible, Government Documents Librarian, Willamette University

GPO Access (demonstration): Advanced Search Techniques (continued)

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

• Karen E. Sieger, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

American FactFinder (DADS) (demonstration)

• Barbara J. Aldrich, Assistant Chief, Marketing Services Office, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

• Robert D. Clair, Senior Training Specialist, Marketing Services Office, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Depository Library Council Working Session

Open Forum: Sales Program

• James T. Cameron, Acting Chief, Promotion & Advertising, GPO
• Alan E. Ptak, Chief, Sales Management Division, GPO

• Denise L. Thompson, Chief, Order Division, GPO

Federal Agency Update Session, Part III

National Partnership for Reinventing Government (demonstration)

• Patricia B. Wood, Web Manager, National Partnership for Reinventing Government

O*NET (demonstration)

• Donna Dye, O*NET Project Manager, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

National Park Service (demonstration)

• David Nathanson, Chief of Library and Archives Services, National Park Service Harpers Ferry Center

Disasters: Plans, Clean-up, and Recovery

• Mary M. Finley, U.S. Documents Librarian, California State University, Northridge
• Gail Fithian, Coordinator of Government Documents, Boston Public Library
• Fred C. Schmidt, Government Documents Specialist, Colorado State University

• Joan Loftus, U.S. Government Documents Bibliographer, Stanford University

Improving Quality of Documents Reference Service

• John W. Graham, Head, Public Documents and Patents, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
• Lillie J. Dyson, Public Libraries and State Networking Branch Chief, Maryland State Department of Education

Web Pages for Training and Reference

• Kay Collins, U.S. Government Information Librarian, University of California, Irvine

Engaged Institutions: Using the Federal Depository as a Community Service to Address Regional and Community Needs

• Timothy L. Sutherland, Government Information Librarian, Indiana University, Northwest

USDA Digital Publications Preservation Framework

• Pamela Q. André, Director, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Donald Waters, Director, Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources

How to Manipulate Federal Bulletin Board Files

• Greta J. Boeringer, Documents Librarian, Pace University Law Library

• James M. Mauldin, Publications Management Specialist, LPS, GPO

• David J. Nuzzo, Acquisitions Librarian, State University of New York at Buffalo

Hints on Writing the GPO Self-Study

• Stephen Henson, Documents Librarian, Louisiana Tech University

• Gail Snider, Library Inspector, LPS, GPO

GPO Access Open Forum

• T.C. Evans, Assistant Director, EIDS, GPO, Facilitator

FDLP Administration Web Pages (demonstration)

• Joseph P. Paskoski, Analyst, LPS, GPO

Atlas of Knowledge Project: Further Opportunities for Digital Community Information Building

• John A. Shuler, Head, Documents Department, University of Illinois, Chicago

• Eliot J. Christian, U.S. Geological Survey

Federal Agency Update Session, Part IV

Department of Veterans Affairs (demonstration)

• Walter R. Houser, Webmaster, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Climatic Data Center (demonstration)

• John Hughes, Outreach Coordinator, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Cancer Institute

• Nancy Brun, Chief, Information Resources Branch, National Cancer Institute

CD-ROMs in a Webbed World

• Cynthia L. Etkin, Library Inspector, LPS, GPO

Future Colleagues: Documents Education in Library and Information Science Programs

• Timothy C. Hartnett, Associate Librarian, Plattsburgh State University
• Judith S. Robinson, Associate Professor, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo

• Cassandra Hartnett, U.S. Documents Librarian, University of Washington
• William Sudduth, Reference Librarian, University of Richmond

GPO Access (demonstration): All Databases

Part I: Introduction and Overview

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

• Karie T. Lew, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

Federal Agency Update Session, Part V

Bureau of Labor Statistics (demonstration)

• Deborah P. Klein, Associate Commissioner for Publications and Special Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Justice Statistics (demonstration)

• Kathleen Quinn, Project Supervisor, Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse

National Center for Education Statistics (demonstration)

• Gerald Malitz, Webmaster, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education

The Ins and Outs (Literally) of Documents Processing

• Vicki A. Barber, Chief, Depository Distribution Division, LPS, GPO
• Robin Haun-Mohamed, Chief, Depository Administration Branch, LPS, GPO

Tools Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Use to Interact with the Web

• Robert Neff, Intranet Project Manager, U.S. Mint
• Joseph Roeder, Access Technology Specialist, National Industries for the Blind
• David Poehlman, Independent Consultant in Information Technology Access by PWD
• Jeffrey Pledger, President, Able Channel
• Mark Hakkinen, President, Productivity Works, Inc.
• Ray Ingram, Vice-President, Productivity Works, Inc.

GPO Access (demonstration)

Part II: New Products and Q & A

• Selene T. Dalecky, Analyst, EIDS, GPO
• Karie T. Lew, Analyst, EIDS, GPO

Partnerships on the Web: FDLP Partnering to Provide Access to Electronic Resources

FDLP Partnerships: Origins and Underlying Issues

• Duncan M. Aldrich, Head, Business & Government Information Center, University of Nevada, Reno

DOSFAN: Launching the Partnership System

• John A. Shuler, Head, Documents Department, University of Illinois, Chicago

Constructing a Partnership: Nuts and Bolts Perspective

• Donna P. Koepp, Head, Government Documents & Maps Library, University of Kansas

GPO and FDLP Partnerships: Coordinator’s Perspective

• George D. Barnum, Electronic Transition Specialist, LPS, GPO

Depository Library Council: Plenary Session

Closing Remarks

• Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer