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                                                      ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

                                      Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program


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                                                         July 15, 2001
                                                       GP 3.16/3-2:22/11
                                                       (Vol. 22, no. 11)

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                                   GODORT Provides Welcome Wagon for New Documents Librarians

                           The following web sites are recommended by GODORT's Education Committee
                           as excellent resources for new or inexperienced documents librarians.

                           21 THINGS TO DO (When Assuming Responsibility for A Federal Depository
                           Library) (University of North Texas)

                           http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/programs/21things.html

                           A useful checklist with links to FDLP and GODORT sites.

                           Federal Depository Library Program DESKTOP

                           http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/index.html

                           Provides handy information about the FDLP - policies, publications, GPO
                           Access, finding aids, the electronic collection, and processing tools.

                           ALA GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS ROUNDTABLE (GODORT)

                           http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GODORT/

                           This is GODORT's organizational page, with links to its committees,
                           conferences and publications.

                           GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND DEPOSITORY MANAGEMENT CLEARINGHOUSE (GODORT)

                           http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ala/clearing.html

                           The 7 Clearinghouse topics provide links to resources created by GODORT
                           committees or by practicing documents librarians; there are also links to
                           several tutorials to aid in the use of government information.

                           FREQUENTLY USED SITES RELATED TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (GODORT)

                           http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf.html

                           Links to hundreds of sites, organized by governmental branch, agency, and
                           subject area.

                           GODORT HANDOUT EXCHANGE

                           http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort.html

                           A collection of guides to government information sources written by
                           library staff across the United States and distributed by GODORT's
                           Education Committee; arranged by broad subject classification.

                           TOOLBOX FOR PROCESSING AND CATALOGING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
                           (GODORT)

                           http://www2.lib.udel.edu/godort/cataloging/toolbox.htm

                           Provides links to GPO cataloging records and processing tools.

                           THE 'AGENCY APPROACH' TO LOCATING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
                           (GODORT)

                           http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfcem/agency.htm

                           A tutorial created by Chuck Malone, Western Illinois Univ., for GODORT's
                           Education Committee.

                           GOVDOC-L USER GUIDE

                           http://docs.lib.duke.edu/federal/govdoc-l/index.html

                           Policies and procedures for the government information Listserv.

                           UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DOCUMENTS CENTER

                           http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html

                           A well-organized compilation of web sites for Federal, state, local and
                           international resources; includes useful links to class assignments.

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