While I apologize for any cross-postings, I am proud the law library
of a colleague, Lawrence R. Meyer, has been named the 2008 Federal
Depository Library of the Year!
>From the official news release at
http://www.gpo.gov/news/2008/08news28.pdf
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) named
California’s Law Library for San Bernardino County as the 2008 Federal
Depository Library of the Year. The library services the largest
county, in land area, in the United States. The library has made great
strides in offering its residents resources to government information.
To meet the needs of its patrons, the library has extended its hours
of operation, developed a new and improved user-friendly website and
offers the AskNow Law Librarian online reference service. The library
staff also conducts extensive public outreach by promoting law library
materials and services to civic and community organizations. To
continue to maintain an open relationship with the public, the library
conducts customer satisfaction surveys and uses the results to improve
services where needed. Public Printer Robert C. Tapella presented the
award to library officials at the annual Fall Federal Depository
Library Conference.
Link to Library of the Year presentation:
http://www.gpo.gov/news/images/index.html
"The Law Library for San Bernardino County has done an outstanding job
of providing the public access to the documents of our democracy,"
said Public Printer Robert C. Tapella. "For nearly 200 years,
depository libraries have safeguarded the public's right to know and
are one of the vital links between the public and its government."
"We are deeply honored and privileged to receive the award,” said
Lawrence R. Meyer, Director Law Library for San Bernardino County. "We
appreciate its significance to the depository community and the
recognition the award conveys specifically to the Law Library for San
Bernardino County as well as the recognition it places upon all Law
Libraries that participate in the FDLP as selective depositories or
through shared housing arrangements. In particular this award
emphasizes the importance of publicly accessible county law libraries
to the FDLP."
ABOUT GPO:
The GPO is the Federal Government’s primary centralized resource for
gathering, cataloging, producing, providing, authenticating, and
preserving published U.S. Government information in all its forms. GPO
is responsible for the production and distribution of information
products and services for all three Branches of the Federal
Government. In addition to publication sales, GPO makes government
information available at no cost to the public through GPO Access
(www.gpoaccess.gov), and through partnerships with approximately 1,250
libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library
Program. For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.
ABOUT FDLP:
The FDLP was established by Congress to ensure that the American
public has free access to its Government's information. Since 1813,
depository libraries have safeguarded the public's right to know by
providing local, no-fee access to Government information in an
impartial environment with professional assistance. For more
information, please visit www.fdlp.gov.
--- Andrew Pulau Evans, JD, MLS Head of Reference & Gov Docs Librarian Adjunct Professor of Law Washburn University Law Library 1700 SW College Ave Topeka KS 66621 (785) 670-1787 andrew.evans@washburn.edu
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