NEW MEMBERS NAMED TO DEPOSITORY LIBRARY COUNCIL

WASHINGTON-Acting Public Printer William H. Turri is pleased to announce
the appointment of six new members to the Depository Library Council.

The Depository Library Council, composed of 15 members, each of whom
serve three year terms, advises the Public Printer on policy matters
relating to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).  The FDLP,
which traces its roots to 1813, provides access across America to the
published information of all three Branches of the U.S. Government
through partnerships with more than 1,250 libraries ranging from public
libraries to research universities.

"I am very pleased to announce the appointment of these accomplished and
dedicated individuals who will advise us on crucial issues relating to
public access to U.S. Government information," said Turri. "The breadth
of their experience will benefit the Federal Depository Library Program
as it continues to evolve from print to digital media."

The six new Depository Library Council members are:

Gwen Sinclair is a librarian in Government Documents & Maps at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa Library. Sinclair has served for eight
years as a government documents librarian, of which five have been as
head of the department. She has presented on depository issues at
library conferences and published articles and brochures on various
library topics, including government secrecy and libraries. Sinclair is
the first DLC member to have ever been appointed from the Pacific Island
region. She also has significant experience in library collection
disaster planning and recovery.

Victoria Trotta is the Associate Dean for Information Technology and the
Ross-Blakley Law Library at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law,
Arizona State University.  She has directed the Ross-Blakely Law Library
since 2000, and has been in her current position for five years.  In
addition to her responsibilities for the oversight and planning for all
aspects of the Law Library and Information Technology, Trotta provides
oversight of the librariy's federal depository library program.  She has
published extensively on topics relating to legal research, provided
legal instruction, and has extensive public speaking experience.

Dr. Christopher Greer is a senior advisor for Digital Data at the
National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.  Dr. Greer is a
member of the permanent staff at the National Science Foundation. His
current responsibilities include strategic planning for digital data
activities in the newly-formed Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Dr. Greer
recently served as Executive Secretary for the Long-lived Digital Data
Collections Activities of the National Science Board and is currently
Co-Chair of the Digital Data Interagency Working Group of the National
Science and Technology Council's Committee on Science.


Kathryn Lawhun is the Chief of Main for the San Francisco Public
Library. Lawhun instituted changes in the way San Francisco's Government
Information Center collects, stores, and provides access to the
collection. She aptly dealt with the shift from print to virtual
documents by providing computers, free printing, training, databases,
additional indexes, and audio-visual and microform equipment in order to
keep her staff and customers better equipped to access information in
this age of changing technology. Lawhun continues to actively work with
San Francisco Public Library's document librarians to plan for the
future of preserving government documents in every form of media.

John Shuler is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at
Chicago.  He is the Bibliographer for Urban Planning and Government
Information/Documents Librarian in the Library's Collections Development
Department. Previously he was head of the documents department at
Colgate University. Shuler has published extensively on the policy
implications of government information in electronic media, and is a
strong advocate of virtual reference. He worked with GPO to create our
first ever formal partnership with the FDLP, and spearheaded a 30
library virtual reference collaboration that GPO is taking steps to
endorse through a formal partnership.

The following 2-year appointment fills the position vacated by Richard
Akeroyd, completing the remainder of Akeroyd's term:

Kendall Wiggin is the State Librarian for Connecticut State Library, and
was previously Director of Libraries at the New Hampshire State Library.
He has also served on the board of directors of the New England Document
Conservation Center and Libraries for the Future.  As the head of a
State Library that serves as a regional depository library, he is a
strong advocate for public access to government information and at the
same time very aware of the opportunities and challenges presented by
the inevitable transition to electronic documents.  Responsible for a
large historic collection of government documents, he plans to work with
GPO on the digitization and preservation of these collections.

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 more than 1,250
libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library
Program (FDLP). For more information, please visit www.gpo.gov.

                                        
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