Professional Reading Shelf
Federal Depository Library Program–Selection Policy
Source: GPO
FDLP Selection Mechanisms: Item Numbers and Alternatives
“As part of its ongoing planning efforts, GPO’s Information Dissemination (Superintendent of Documents) organization has undertaken a review of the item number system used by libraries in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) to select tangible and electronic titles. As the number of electronic publications disseminated continues to grow, GPO raised questions about the continued utility of item numbers in its initial planning statement on the National Bibliography. In response to a request from the Depository Library Council, GPO conducted a review of the current item number system and examined possible alternatives. As a result of this review, GPO is releasing three briefing papers and soliciting comments from the depository library community. Depository Selection: History and Current Practice (PDF; 84 KB) is provided as background information for the other two papers. It provides an overview of the item number process in its current form. Depository Selection Mechanisms: New Model for the Selection of Online Titles (PDF; 82 KB) proposes new mechanisms for the selection of online titles. Depository Selection Mechanisms: New Model for the Selection of Tangible Publications (PDF; 90 KB) proposes new mechanisms to support a more flexible model for selection and distribution of tangible publications…. Deadline for comments is Monday, October 31, 2005.”
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Public Libraries–United Kingdom
Source: LISU
Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey 2004-06
“LISU’s regular Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey describes in detail how our Public Library Services are faring and their plans for the future. Based upon an extensive questionnaire survey of UK Libraries, it is a compilation of recent spending results, together with budgets for 2005-2006.”
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Public Libraries–United States
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
E.D. TAB: Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2003
“This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas, with an introduction, findings, and numerous tables. The report is based on data from the Public Libraries Survey, Fiscal Year 2003, and includes information on population of legal service area, service outlets, public service hours, library materials, total circulation, circulation of children’s materials, reference transactions, library visits, children’s program attendance, interlibrary loans, electronic services and information, full-time-equivalent staff, operating revenue and expenditures, and capital expenditures. The report includes several key findings: Nationwide, library visits to public libraries totaled 1.3 billion, or 4.6 library visits per capita. The average number of Internet terminals available for public use per stationary outlet was 9.5.”
Full Report (PDF; 1.07 MB)

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