STATUS REPORT: SURVEY TO IDENTIFY ESSENTIAL TITLES FOR PUBLIC USE IN PAPER OR OTHER TANGIBLE FORMAT, MARCH 4 - MARCH 18, 2005
As you know, GPO is conducting a survey to identify Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper or Other Tangible Format. The purpose of this survey is to identify items that should be added to the current list of Essential Titles for Public Use in Paper Format (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/estitles.html), either for all Federal depository libraries or for specific types of depository libraries. The objective is to more effectively meet current user needs for tangible Government information products available to them at depository libraries. With this data, the Government Printing Office (GPO) will be able to determine the resources that will be necessary to provide these materials to depository libraries in print or other tangible format.
As of 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 10, 2005, 142 depository libraries have responded to the survey.
Every Federal depository library needs to respond to the survey so that GPO will have meaningful data. GPO cannot assist you in meeting your users' requirements for tangible Government information products if you do not participate. If you have not yet responded, please do so as soon as possible. Please respond to the survey even if you have no new items to recommend, so we will know which depository libraries have participated.
Additional information about the survey and the login screen are available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/.
During and following the survey, anyone can review the cumulative submissions by going to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/essential/statistics.html. Once the survey is complete, GPO will analyze the data, including the estimated cost for recommended item numbers, and share that information with the depository library community. The results and GPO's analysis will also be discussed at the Depository Library Council meeting in Albuquerque, NM, in April (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/events/spring_council.html).
GPO will continue to post status reports on the progress of the survey each Monday and Friday until the survey is completed. Technical support is available from the GPO Customer Contact Center, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/index.html. Other questions and comments about the survey can be directed to me, jrussell@xxxxxxx.
Judy
Judith C. Russell (jrussell@xxxxxxx)
Managing Director, Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents)
U.S. Government Printing Office
Phone: 202-512-0571
Fax: 202-512-1434