There are several different kinds of resources that might be useful to you - people, books, websites, etc.
People and Organizations
- Alicia Kubas at the University of Minnesota is the Regional Librarian for Michigan following the MOU signed on February 27th, 2013.
- Here is their webpage for selectives.
- Bernadette Bartlett coordinates the State Depository Program. This is a much smaller program compared to its Federal counterpart with only 12 libraries remaining.
- GODORT of Michigan: that's us! - check out our member list to find a member near you. The official homepage of GODORT of Michigan contains information about the organization: membership, bylaws, awards information, board members, etc. A list of current members can be found here.
- ALA GODORT: like us, only bigger
- Also see the listservs (below)
Handbooks and guides
- From the FDLP: Legal Requirements & Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program. Off their Requirements & Guidance section.
- The four drop down menus on the FDLP homepage--Collection Tools, Requirements & Guidance, About the FDLP, and Cataloging & Classification--contain the heart of maintaining a collection of federal documents.
- Disposal guidelines from the University of Minnesota.
- U.S. Federal Government Information Competencies for Beginning Government Information and General Reference Librarians from the GODORT Education Committee.
- Government Documents Librarianship: a guide for the Neo-Depository Era: This book gives you a good overview of the history of depository libraries and what you need to know to be a documents librarian.
- Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources. Published in 2011.
- New Depository Coordinators book Book containing important information about managing a Federal Depository Library. Written for new depository coordinators.
- Promotion of documents is covered on a separate page in this wiki.
Websites
- Top 10 List for New Documents Librarians and a top 10 list for New Depository Staff.
- The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Libraries Association contains "Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian" under their past events webpage.
- ALA-GODORT has a subcommittee on State and Local Documents.
- 8 (formerly Twenty-One) Things to Do When Assuming Responsibility for a Federal Depository Library: from the University of North Texas
- Government Documents Librarianship: Created by Grace York; originally resided at the University of Michigan Documents Center.
Documents-Specific Listservs
- GOVDOC-M - An open e-mail discussion list for the documents community at large. For further information and subscribing instructions, contact Catherine Morse cmorse [at] umich.edu.
- MINNDOCS - The official communications vehicle for Federal Depository Libraries in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Michigan. It is used for official messages from the Regional Library, for notices of meetings, and also for general information and questions for and from documents librarians in the region. Send a message to listserv [at] lists.umn.edu with the command subscribe minndocs YourFirstName YourLastName. This must be the ONLY content of the message. Turn OFF your email signature or add the word end by itself on the second line of the message. More detailed information can be found here.
- MICHDOC - This is a closed list for Michigan Documents Depository coordinators and staff of the Library of Michigan to exchange information related to depository activities and state government resources. List members are encouraged to post queries, comments, ideas and offers of state government resources. Subscription information can be found here; listserv archives can be found here.
- Govdoc-L: a national mailing list for depository librarians and others interested in government information. This list is a must.
- To receive notifications and announcements regarding the FDLP, sign up for their email service or follow their RSS feed.
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Government Information Interest Group at ALA Connect:
Other Listservs
- Michlib-l - Michlib-l was created for Michigan libraries to share information about best practices, management, reference, operations and other areas of interest to Michigan libraries. Anyone with an interest in Michigan libraries may join. Librarians and library support staff are especially encouraged to join. To access older archives, click here.
Old Links
- Michigan Plan for the Federal Documents Depository Library System: This plan, last updated in 2004, lets you know about the legal requirements and procedures you need to fulfill as a depository library in Michigan. This is a link to the appendices --this includes disposal guidelines (Appendix E).