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<P>Government documents, both physical and electronic, constitute a rich and varied resource that calls for special attention. And because government information is useful and pervasive in nearly every kind of library, more and more librarians of all types need to know how to work effectively with federal, state, and international resources. This contributed volume gathers the expertise of experienced government information librarians from across the country. Providing real-world insight into the work, collections, and interests of this discipline, this book surveys the wide variety of government information and the people who use it; discusses what it’s like to be a government documents librarian, from the first day on the job through taking on a management role; addresses networking, training, and other essential tools for collaboration and learning; covers space planning, streamlining, disaster preparedness and response, the increasing prevalence of digital information, and other key collection issues; offers best practices for connecting library users with government information; looks at research guides, workshops, and other teaching and training topics; and explores advocating for transparency and access to information, promoting government documents to library users, and using exhibits as community outreach. With more government publications becoming freely available, this volume fills an important need, presenting concrete guidance that will help librarians flourish in this crucial field.</P>

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
About the Author.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction: Government Documents and the People Who Use Them.
1: Advice for the New Document Professional.
2: Networking and Training: Essential Tools for Collaboration and Learning.
3: Experience of a New Government Documents Librarian.
4: Middle Management: Strategies for Success.
5: Collection Management.
6: Visualizing Space: Your Depository Library as Place.
7: Space Planning: Weeding, Moving, and Providing Access to Government Information.
8: Streamlining Collections: Disasters, Consolidation, and the Digital Landscape.
9: Growth and Maintenance of Digital Collections.
10: Working with Collections.
11: The Hunt for the Elusive: Finding and Using the History in Government Documents.
12: Federal Maps and the Depository Library.
13: Help! I&#x2019;m New Here and I Speak Spanish: Government Information for Spanish Speakers.
14: Teaching and Training.
15: Teaching with Library Guides: Using Collections with Government Information.
16: Creating More Powerful Library Guides.
17: Documents to the Students.
18: Navigating Government Information: Working with Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.
19: Advocacy and Events.
20: Advocating for Transparency and Access to Information.
21: A Cupcake, an Eagle, and a War: Promoting Government Documents.
22: Exhibits and Community Outreach.
Appendix A: General Resources.
Appendix B: Sample Project Plan.
Appendix C: Sources for Space Planning&#x2014;Best Practices.
Appendix D: Map Resources.
Appendix E: Spanish-Language Resources.
Appendix F: Library Guide Resources.
Author Biographies.
Index.

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